You're not imagining it, the AI agents are getting alarmingly cute. First, there was Meta's Muse, whose mascot is a fuzzy egg-shaped creature called Jolly. Now, OpenAI has unveiled its own muppet-like personal agents, Dots. Both companies are encouraging users to treat their agent like a digital pet, with distinct names and appearances. Given the current rhetoric around AI safety and the public's general suspicion of the industry, it's not surprising that companies would want to make its agents look cute and non-threatening.

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Muse is Meta's newest AI project, which they advertise to users as a personal assistant. Muse is Meta's newest AI project, which they advertise to users as a personal assistant. Meta's AI agent Muse gives out user's home address without permission, sending buyer to his house When Usman asked if a keyboard for sale on Facebook Marketplace was still available on Saturday, he received an enthusiastic and immediate response. The two agreed on a price, and Robb sent his Toronto address. Usman, wife and daughter in tow, showed up several hours later at Robb's home and sent a text that he had arrived. Nobody walked out of the apartment building.

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Meta's Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do "whatever" they wanted on a victim's Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant, Muse, claiming it is "built from the ground up for privacy and security." A zero-day vulnerability that gives locally run apps and terminal commands complete control of the agent raises serious doubts. Further raising questions, Amazon on Sunday began blocking Muse from its site. Meta introduced Muse a few weeks ago.

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Muse is separate from the existing Meta AI app with its own iOS and Android apps and website. You don't need a Facebook or Instagram account, but you will need a Meta account. On web, all I had to do to log in was enter my phone number and Muse AI already had my relevant accounts linked. After logging in, one of the first things Muse will ask is for you to rename it. I don't know why, but Meta really wants you to name your agent.