Muse collects more data than any other AI app
Assessment
Coverage of Surfshark's study framed Muse as record-breaking in data collection, and it does lead every non-Meta chatbot studied at 31 of 35 Apple data types versus a 13-type average. But Surfshark's own chart places Meta's sibling app Meta AI higher, at 33 of 35, so the flat claim that Muse collects the most of any AI app is contradicted by the same dataset it rests on. The figure also counts data types a privacy label discloses as collected, not independently measured collection, so "collects" overstates what the label establishes.
Where this claim appeared
TechRadar (reporting Surfshark) · 2026-09-28
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/meta-muse-has-already-broken-a-record-it-beats-all-competitors-in-data-collection-surfshark-warnsWhat “Weak Evidence” means
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