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California: AI can no longer fire or discipline staff on its own
A person has to check the AI's finding before anyone is let go.
Meta denies that its Muse agent read a user's messages without permission
TechCrunch· 30 SepAn Inc. columnist wrote that Meta's Muse agent read his private Mac messages even though he had not given it Full Disk Access. Meta says that is not possible: the Messages connector is opt-in and needs three steps, including Full Disk Access and a macOS settings prompt that restarts the app. The dispute came a day after Muse for Small Business launched.
- Before installing any desktop agent, open your computer's privacy settings and note what it already has access to. Check again a week later.
- Run agents on a work computer or account that does not hold your personal messages.
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