WIRED said Muse passed 900,000 downloads in its first week and that a bakery checkout asked for a card through Stripe. The Memory file can be wiped or edited; there is no switch that turns the feature off. Chat is used to train models unless the Data controls toggle is flipped.
WIRED published Reece Rogers on 20 September. A Sensor Tower count put first-week installs above 900,000. The assistant opens a browser inside a virtual machine, and a pastry order then asked for payment details through Stripe. WhatsApp and Instagram push people into the app. Emil Vazquez, speaking for Meta, pointed to built-in protections and user controls. The pastry checkout is the test that the agent can complete a live payment flow.[1]
A standing Memory note stores lasting facts, tastes and promises. Users can erase or rewrite it; they cannot flip one control that kills the feature. Suggestion chips offered a bank-balance hook, mail scanning, food photos, plus passport and driving-licence dates. Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Rory Mir said the conversation is stored on Meta servers. Editing the note is allowed; unplugging Memory from the product is not.[1]
Chats feed model training unless the user turns that off. Meta says the material is sanitized first. The off path sits under Data controls. What the reader gets is nested memory plus training, with the off path buried in a menu. Meta spokesman Emil Vazquez pointed to the protections built into the product. The Sensor Tower count measures first-week installs, not continued use.[1]
