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Meta's new AI companion device, Muse, is already raising eyebrows — and not just for its Tamagotchi-style design. Two independent developers say they easily prompted Muse into zipping up and sharing its entire root filesystem, including Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. For a device with six hundred thousand daily active users, that's a significant security concern.
Staying with Muse, questions are also emerging about what's actually powering it under the hood. Observers are drawing comparisons to an existing AI agent platform called OpenClaw, suggesting Meta may have borrowed more than inspiration. The company hasn't addressed the similarities publicly, but the conversation is gaining traction as the AI agent space grows increasingly crowded and competitive.
Shifting to regulation, outgoing SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce used one of her final speeches to push back hard on the agency's know-your-customer data practices. Peirce warned that massive regulatory data collections have become a liability, pointing to recent leaks that exposed crypto holders to phishing schemes and even physical threats. She called the current system a, quote, panopticon that harms the very people it's meant to protect.
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