The Guardian on Meta's new Muse assistant, a cute "little guy" that answers emails, books travel and does your food shop — and why its design leans on cuteness.
Why I recommend it: Free to read. Worth reading alongside the Mouse post on Muse's file access: a friendly face makes it easier to forget how much access an assistant has.
A developer asked Muse to archive the files it could see and send them to Google Drive — and it did, raising security questions about the assistant.
Why I recommend it: Written by a company that sells a rival coding agent, so it has a reason to find flaws — but the test is described step by step.
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Meta and State Attorneys General Consent Judgment (MDL 3047, Aug 2026)
Full proposed consent judgment and settlement agreement in the social media adolescent addiction litigation, covering teen daily use limits, nighttime blocks, age assurance, parental tools, and COPPA claims.
Why I recommend it: Primary source, not a summary. Skim the injunctive terms — they show exactly which product design choices regulators now treat as harmful.
