Meta denies a tech journalist’s claims that its Muse AI accessed iMessages without permission. Andy Stone, Meta’s communications chief, says the Messages integration is entirely opt-in, requiring both Full Disk Access and the Messages connector to be enabled simultaneously. Journalist Jason Aten claims his Messages database was synced up to row 187,462 despite Full Disk Access showing as off. David Singleton, head of Meta Superintelligence Labs, admits Muse’s explanation about notification access was wrong, but maintains that syncing requires explicit permission. Amazon blocked Muse on September 21, saying it fails to identify itself while browsing and appears to capture customer login credentials.
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