Meta pauses Muse sharing feature after researchers find public links
Meta announced it has paused the Muse conversation‑sharing feature after security researchers at Claroc reported that more than 6,800 Muse links were discoverable through public DNS records. Claroc said the links are generated from the conversation title, a short descriptive phrase, and a random identifier, which left the hostname exposing the content before the page is opened. The firm was able…
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- Meta paused Muse link‑sharing after Claroc reported over 6,800 publicly discoverable URLs.
- Muse links combine conversation titles with a random ID, making them searchable via DNS.
- Researchers accessed hundreds of private chats, including a marketing firm’s revenue review and a small‑business loan application.
Muse spokesperson Tracy Clayton confirmed the pause in an emailed statement to The Verge, saying Meta is reviewing the report and considering changes to how shared links can be discovered. The incident follows similar privacy leaks involving OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and xAI’s Grok, where shared AI conversations appeared in web search results.
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Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web
The Verge AI · 20 October 2026
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