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Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?

L2 · PractitionerOpinion & AnalysisThe Verge AI$· 10/8/2026

Helps practitioners evaluate privacy and trust implications of mainstream AI agents they might use daily.

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The Verge analyzes whether users should trust Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots AI agents with personal data, comparing their approaches to consumer AI assistants.

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My Decoder guest today is Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, and we’re discussing the new wave of consumer-friendly AI agents. If you’ve been paying attention to this space, you know AI enthusiasts have been using agents for a minute now — homebrew OpenClaw setups led to a surge in Mac Mini sales earlier this year. But the launch of Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots, and xAI’s Grok bot has brought easy to use agents to millions. Muse and Dots have had the highest-profile product launches, a

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