MetaAI requests may not be as private as you think

Meta has another privacy scandal, but this time it’s the AI ​​chatbot equals Chatgpt.

Some meta-AI user questions or tips can be seen publicly, including links to their Instagram or Facebook accounts, phone numbers and email addresses, and even private or awkward information. exit Discovered technical tightening people Ask for information about tax evasion, responsibility for white-collar crime, sculpting weak animated characters and other examples.

company promises “As always, you have control: there is no sharing unless you choose to post it” and the user must select “Share” and “Post” before the visible request. Judging by something that can be viewed, for many users, they are broadcasting to the world. And if you open Meta AI through your public Instagram account without updating your privacy settings, your search will be visible too.

When Meta AI launched on April 29, as a Chatgpt competitor, the company blog says the “Discover” feed feature will be “a place to share and explore other people using AI. You can see the best tips people are sharing, or remix it to make it themselves.”

Within a week, the alarm bell will ring. Fast Company and title“Meta-AI’s social feed is a privacy disaster waiting to happen.” Business insider Called The Discover feature is “the most saddest place on the internet” and includes “sharing intimate information about yourself – ideas about grief, child custody, or financial distress”.

Wired magazine asked Meta-AI chatbots about these issues. it answer“Some users may inadvertently share sensitive information due to misunderstandings about platform defaults or misunderstandings over time. META provides tools and resources to help users manage their privacy, but this is an ongoing challenge.”

arrive close Public settings in the app require users to select the Data Privacy tab under profile photos, another tab encourages users to “suggest your tips on other apps” – which should be toggled. The user then has to return to the Data Privacy tab and select Apps All to “make all your public prompts see only you”.

For ordinary users, this is not that obvious.

Meta AI app has been downloaded only 6.5 million times since its launch, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg explain In late May, the company’s AI assistant had 1 billion active users across all META’s platforms.