Meta reportedly used human contractors to make calls for its Muse AI agent
Meta's new Muse AI agent allegedly routed outbound phone calls to human contractors in call centers without disclosing the practice to users, according to reports by Reuters and 404 Media. Principal Engineer Ryan Fox announced the beta release of the calling feature on September 16. However, internal records show the company added a "human agent layer" to complete calls, sparking internal…
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- Meta's Muse AI agent routed outbound calls to human concierges without disclosing it to users, reports say.
- Internal records show Meta employees warned of privacy risks and negative PR before the feature's suspension.
- Meta has temporarily suspended the outbound calling feature following internal acknowledgment of the disclosure failure.
Employees warned that a single bug could leak sensitive user information to human callers. The feature, which was designed to handle tasks like making reservations, has now been temporarily suspended. A vice president in Meta's Superintelligence Labs unit admitted it was "a miss" to test the feature without adequate disclosures regarding the human contractors involved.
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cnet.com · 25 September 2026
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