Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pushed to release the company’s AI agent, Muse, after seeing rival Instinct gain significant traction. Meta had delayed Muse’s launch for months over safety and security concerns raised by internal teams. [15]
Instinct reached a high valuation while still in beta, influencing Meta’s decision to move ahead with Muse. [6]
Reports before Muse’s September launch described a “mad dash” by engineers to fix severe vulnerabilities. One flaw could have allowed access to Meta’s internal databases. [3]