Data brokers, impersonation networks, and AI moderation systems now share a common failure mode: automated loops that exhaust the users and enterprises they claim to serve.
Muse, Meta’s newly-released AI agent, is now using social media handles once controlled by Muse, the English rock band. The exact circumstances surrounding how the accounts changed hands are unclear, but it has once again raised questions about Meta and other large platforms’ ability to commandeer usernames when it suits them.