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Meta’s Muse agent tops app charts, but access to Shopify, Walmart and email raises privacy stakes

The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that Meta’s Muse agent, Thingy, now books appointments, tracks flights and shops via connected accounts like Shopify, Walmart and Sephora.

Why it matters. Retailers now must decide whether to open their platforms to Meta’s agent, as Amazon already has by blocking it, or risk losing transaction volume to competitors that connect.

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