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This is a real edition from 27 October 2026, at the Practical level, in plain language.
Meta pauses sharing in Muse after a leak, while more AI assistants are arriving that take over email, calendar and Excel work.
Meta pauses sharing in AI agent Muse: 6,800 chat links found publicly
Meta has paused the share feature of its new AI agent Muse. Researchers at security company Claroc found that shared chats can be found publicly. They uncovered 6,800 links that users had created to share a chat. According to them, a search query was enough to find them.
They opened a few hundred links. These contained information that should not have been public. It included notes for a confidential meeting with an AI lab, with the name of the contact person and the time. There was also an internal revenue analysis from a marketing company, meant for the director. They also found a small business owner's loan application with the amount, and a to-do list with a fraud alert from a bank and part of a bank account number. There was also an internal report from a real estate investor with addresses and exact amounts. Finally, they found a holiday calendar of a company with dozens of employees and the weeks they would be away.
Meta says users can share a page that anyone with the link can open. The company is now investigating how the links can be found and is considering changes. Claroc co-founder Asaf Aprozper reported the problem to Meta on 8 October. He also tried to reach Meta through LinkedIn, but got no answer.
Did you share a Muse chat? Then the link may already have been found, even now that sharing is paused.
An agent that carries out tasks by itself gets access to your email, calendar and other data. The Muse leak shows that a share link that nobody seems able to guess can still be found. So before you connect an agent, ask whether it has a share feature and what data could end up in it.
Claude Duet contacts you by itself
Anthropic has introduced Claude Duet, an AI assistant that contacts you by itself, even before you ask for anything. Duet connects to your apps. Every morning it sends a short overview of important matters. After that, it checks your apps every few hours and sends a notification if something is going on. It can do simple administrative tasks, but also more complicated work such as building web apps. Before it sends a message, makes a payment, signs a document or deletes a file, it asks you for approval. It cannot see passwords or login details. For now you can't use it in the Netherlands. Duet is a research preview, only for Pro and Max subscribers in the United States, and you get in through a waiting list. You use it on the web or through its own iOS app. If your work is a mix of email, calendar and payments, this is the kind of help it is meant for. Read more →
AI agents you control with a simple message
More and more AI agents are controlled with an ordinary message. You don't need to download a new app for them. The agent remembers what you said earlier and connects to apps you already use. This way it can schedule an appointment, organize a calendar, send an email or make a reservation. Instinct is now the best known, with a value of 10 billion dollars. Town focuses on work and can work with email, calendar, documents and Slack. Ask Proxy also has a business version, from 15 dollars per employee per month. Maverick asks for permission first before it does anything. In beta it is free on iMessage, and the Pro version costs 27 euros per month. Read more →
Excel Copilot: 'Clean data' and skill builder are coming
In October, Microsoft starts rolling out two new Copilot features in Excel: 'Clean data' and the skill builder. Both are generally available, but the rollout may still take a while. Other Excel features are less far along. The 'interactive canvas' is only available for Insiders, and the 'skill recorder' is expected there at the end of October. Copilot Chat now finds information in scanned PDFs better. Copilot editing in Word, Excel and PowerPoint also came to Android in September. On iOS this was already the case earlier this year. If you work a lot with lists, 'Clean data' can help with cleaning them up. If you often look for old scanned invoices, Copilot Chat can find them more easily. Whether you already have the features depends on how your organization gets the rollout. Read more →
Google Meet translates live speech in 63 languages
Google Meet can translate spoken language live in 63 languages. Gemini, Google's AI, does this. The feature works on the web and on mobile devices with Android and iOS. The same list of Workspace updates includes meeting recaps in Google Chat: a short summary of a meeting, directly in Chat. If you often have foreign guests or colleagues in a meeting at the office, you don't always have to arrange an interpreter or a common language yourself. Read more →
Does anyone in the office use Muse? Then ask who has shared a chat through a link, and make a list of the topics that were in it. Then you know which information to check first.
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