Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible
He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Yesterday, with a little prodding, it was discovered that Meta’s Muse would expose its filesystem to curious users. The files offered a fascinating peek under the hood of an AI chatbot, and appeared to expose details we weren’t meant to see, not least because Muse itself told people, including us, it wasn’t supposed to reveal them.But today Muse will eagerly offer up the contents of its file system when you ask for it. That appears to be because, as Meta’s Nat Friedman later said, this is the “intended behavior.”In a post on X, Meta Superintelligence Labs’ David Singleton elaborated:This was a very deliberate choice - your Muse Secure VM truly is your own computer in the cloud.
- ▪He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Yesterday, with a little prodding, it was discovered that Meta’s Muse would expose its filesystem to curious users.
- ▪The files offered a fascinating peek under the hood of an AI chatbot, and appeared to expose details we weren’t meant to see, not least because Muse itself told people, including us, it wasn’t supposed to reveal them.But today Muse will eag
- ▪That appears to be because, as Meta’s Nat Friedman later said, this is the “intended behavior.”In a post on X, Meta Superintelligence Labs’ David Singleton elaborated:This was a very deliberate choice - your Muse Secure VM truly is your own
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