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Meta Fixes Serious Zero-Day Flaw in Muse AI Assistant

publishers 2articles 2first reported 23 Sep, 12:54 UTCdeveloping since 23 Sep · 4 editions

Meta says it has fixed a zero-day vulnerability in Muse, its AI assistant for Mac computers. Wired reported that the flaw could have allowed attackers to do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, while Ars Technica described Muse as an extraordinarily privileged assistant and the vulnerability as serious.

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