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The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
Users of Facebook app must make important change now to avoid private chats going PUBLIC
META AI, which has been woven into the Facebook and WhatsApp experience, might be making your private conversations with the chatbot public. The standalone Meta AI app prompts users to choose to post publicly in the app's Discovery feed by default, a recent report by TechRadar warned. 2 When users tap "Share" and "Post to feed," they are sharing their conversations with strangers all around the world. It is much like a public Facebook post, the report added. The Discovery feed is plastered with AI -generated images, as well as text conversations. There's no telling how private these interactions can be - from talking through your relationship woes to drafting a eulogy. "I've scrolled past people asking Meta AI to explain their anxiety dreams, draft eulogies, and brainstorm wedding proposals," the report wrote. "It's voyeuristic, and not in the performative way of most social media; it's real and personal." Meta has a new pop-up warning users that agreeing for their AI chats to land on the Discovery page means strangers can view them. These conversation snippets aren't just for themselves or their friends to see. However, accidental sharing remains a possibility. TechRadar noted that these conversations may even appear elsewhere on Meta platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram. Meta's top VR boss predicts AI-powered future with no phones, brain-controlled ovens and virtual TVs that only cost $1 Fortunately, you can opt out of having your conversations go public completely through the Meta AI app's settings. Here's how you can make sure your chats aren't at risk of being shared publicly: Open the Meta AI app. Tap your account icon, i.e. your profile picture or initials. Next, click on Data and Privacy and then tap Manage Your Information. Then toggle on Make all public prompts visible to only you, and then Apply to all in the pop-up. This will ensure that when you share a prompt, only you will be able to see it. To go one step further, you can erase all records of any interaction you've had with Meta AI. To do this, simply tap Delete all prompts in this same section of the Meta AI app's settings. This will wipe any prompt you've written, regardless of whether it's been posted, from the app. It's worth noting that even though you have opted out Of course, even with the opt-out enabled and your conversations with Meta AI no longer public, Meta still retains the right to use your chats to improve its models. What is Meta AI? You may have spotted Meta AI on your social media feed - here's how it works: Meta AI is a conversational artificial intelligence tool, also known as a chatbot. It responds to a user's questions in a similar fashion to competitors like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Meta AI is what's known as generative AI, so called due to its ability to generate content. It can produced text or images in response to a user's request. The tool is trained on data that's available online. It can mimic patterns commonly found in human language as it provides responses. Meta AI appears on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, where it launches a chat when a question is sent.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Apple internally weighs bid for ChatGPT rival Perplexity, Bloomberg says
-- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has held internal discussions about acquiring Perplexity AI, a fast-growing artificial intelligence startup known for its advanced chatbot platform. The talks, reported by Bloomberg and involving senior executives including M&A chief Adrian Perica and services head Eddy Cue, are still at an early stage and may not result in a formal offer. The move underscores Apple's struggle to keep pace with rivals amid increasing pressure to integrate artificial intelligence across its hardware and software ecosystem. In particular, Apple has faced persistent delays in its efforts to upgrade Siri, leaving the voice assistant trailing competitors such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Elon Musk's Grok. Perplexity, recently valued at $14 billion in a funding round, could significantly accelerate Apple's ambitions in AI-driven search and user interaction. The acquisition would also represent the largest in Apple's history, surpassing its previous deals in both scale and impact on the company's long-term strategy. Apple's interest in Perplexity also comes as it reassesses its relationship with Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), whose search engine generates an estimated $20 billion a year for Apple as the default option on iPhones and other devices. That deal has come under regulatory scrutiny from U.S. antitrust authorities, fueling uncertainty around its future and prompting Apple to consider building its own AI-based search engine. According to Bloomberg, Apple has not yet contacted Perplexity's leadership about a potential takeover. Meanwhile, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) reportedly attempted its own bid earlier this year but could not come to terms, instead pivoting to a $14.3 billion deal for a 49% stake in Scale AI as it builds a team focused on producing a 'superintelligence.' The AI market has become increasingly competitive as Big Tech firms vie for top talent and cutting-edge capabilities to stay ahead in the generative AI race. For Apple, generally conservative about large-scale acquisitions, a move on Perplexity would signal a strategic departure, highlighting the urgency of closing its AI gap. Related articles Apple internally weighs bid for ChatGPT rival Perplexity, Bloomberg says QXO won't participate in bidding war for GMS - source Reddit in talks to use Sam Altman's World ID for user verification - Semafor Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Character.AI taps Meta's former VP of business products as CEO
the Google-backed AI chatbot provider with tens of millions of monthly active users, announced on Friday that Karandeep Anand, the former VP of Business Products at Meta, is joining the company as CEO. Previously a board adviser to Anand is stepping into the CEO role at a pivotal moment for the chatbot provider, as the company tries to simultaneously grow its platform while combatting child safety concerns. In recent months, has added an array of new safety features in light of an active lawsuit, which alleges that one of the company's chatbots played a role in the death of a 14-year-old Florida boy. Anand comes to with experience running advertising products that reached billions of users on Meta's apps. Previously, Anand served as Microsoft's head of product management, overseeing user experience on the company's cloud platform, Azure. Most recently, Anand served as the president of the fintech startup Brex. Anand is taking over just over 10 months after Google hired away the startup's co-founder and CEO, Noam Shazeer, who had previously led core AI teams at the Mountain View giant. At the time, Google also signed a non-exclusive agreement to use technology. deal with Google prompted federal regulators to investigate the companies' relationship over antitrust concerns. It's one of many reverse-acquihire deals in the AI startup space that's received regulatory scrutiny, alongside Microsoft's deal with has raised more than $150 million in venture funding, largely from Andreessen Horowitz. In a blog post, Anand said one of his first priorities would be making safety filters 'less overbearing.' The new CEO noted that the company cares deeply about users safety, but that too often, 'the app filters things that are perfectly harmless.' Anand also said he plans to improve the quality of AI models on platform, innovate around memory features, and increase transparency around decision making. He says many of these features are coming in the next 60 days. Chatbots that are purely designed for entertainment, which specializes in, are growing into a massive market for generative AI — a trend that's been surprising to many. In 2024, 66% of the company's users were between the age of 18 and 24, and 72% of the company's users were women, according to data from Sensor Tower.
Digital Trends
2 days ago
- Digital Trends
Your Meta AI chats are not really a secret. Here's how to keep them private
At this point, it shouldn't come as a surprise that discussing your deepest secrets and personal issues with an AI chatbot is not a good idea. And when that chatbot is made by Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram (including all its sordid history with user data privacy), there is even more reason to be cautious. But it seems a lot of users are oblivious to the risks, and in return, exposing themselves in the worst possible ways. Your chatbot interactions with Meta AI — from seeking trip suggestions to jazzing up an image — are publicly visible in the app's endlessly-scrolling vertical Discover feed. I installed the app a day ago, and in less than 10 minutes of using it, I had already come across people sharing their entire resume, complete with their address, phone number, qualifications, and more, on the main feed page. Some had asked the Meta AI chatbot to give them trip ideas in Bangkok involving strip clips, while others had weirdly specific demands regarding a certain skin condition. Users on social media have also documented the utterly chaotic nature of their app's Discover feed. An expert at the Electronic Privacy Information Center told WIRED that people are sharing everything from medical history to court details. Recommended Videos How to plug Meta AI app's privacy holes? Of course, an app that doesn't offer granular controls and a more explicit setup flow regarding chat privacy is a disaster waiting to happen. The Meta AI app clearly fumbled on this front and puts the onus of course correction on users. If you have the app installed on your phone, follow these steps on your phone. Open the Meta app and tap on the round profile icon in the top-right corner of the app to open the Settings dashboard. On the Settings page, tap on Data & Privacy, followed by Manage your information on the next page. You will now see an option that says 'Make all public prompts visible to only you.' Tap on it and select 'Apply to all' in the pop-up window, as shown in the image below. If you are concerned about previous AI chats that have contained sensitive information, you can clear the past log by tapping on the 'Delete all prompts' option on the same page. Next, go back to the Data & Privacy section and click on the 'Suggesting your prompts on other apps' option. On the next page, disable the toggles corresponding to Instagram and Facebook. If you have already shared your Meta interactions publicly, click on the notepad icon in the bottom tray to check the entire history. On the chat record page, tap on any of the past interactions to open it, and then tap on the three-dot menu button in the top-right corner. Doing so opens a pop-up tray where you see options to either delete the chat or make it private so that no other users of the Meta AI app can see it in their Discover feed. As a general rule of thumb, don't discuss personal or identifiable information with the chatbot, and also avoid sharing pictures to give them creative edits. Why is it deeply problematic? When the Meta AI app was introduced in April, the company said its Discover feed was 'a place to share and explore how others are using AI.' Right now, it's brimming with all kinds of weird requests. A healthy few of them appear to be fixated on finding free dating and fun activity ideas, some are about career and relationship woes, finding love in foreign lands, and skin issues in intimate parts of the body. Facebook's 'Meta AI' literally just puts everyone's private conversations directly on a public For You page what the actual fuck lol — Daniel (@danielgothits) June 12, 2025 Here is the worst part. The only meaningful warning appears when you are about to post your AI creation (or interaction) to the feed section. The pop-up message says 'Feed is public' at the top, and underneath that, you see the 'post to feed' button. According to Business Insider, that warning was not always visible and was only added after the public outcry. But it appears that a lot of people are not aware of what the 'Post to Feed' button actually does. To them, it might come out as something referring to their own feed where the Meta AI chats are catalogued in an orderly fashion for their eyes, just the way you will see them in other chatbot apps such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Another risk is the exposure. During the initial setup, when the app picks up account information from the Facebook and/or Instagram app installed on your phone, the text boxes are dynamic, which means you can go ahead and change the username. Notably, there is no 'edit' or 'change' signal, and to an ordinary person, it would just appear as if the Meta AI simply extracted the correct username from their pre-installed social app. It's not too different from the seamless sign-up experience in apps that show users Google Account or Apple ID options to log-in. Wild things are happening on Meta's AI app. The feed is almost entirely boomers who seem to have no idea their conversations with the chatbot are posted publicly. They get pretty personal (see second pic, which I anonymized). — Justine Moore (@venturetwins) June 11, 2025 When I first installed the app on my iPhone 16 Pro, it automatically identified the Instagram account logged into the phone. I tapped on the button with my username plastered over it, and I was directly taken to the main page of the Meta AI app, where I could directly jump into the Discover feed. There was no warning about the privacy, or how the log of my data would be shared, or even made public knowledge. If you want your AI prompts not to appear in the public Discover feed, you will have to manually enable an option from within the app's settings section, as described above. The flow is slightly different on Android, where you see a small 'chats will be public' during the initial set-up process. That message appears only once, and not on any other page. Just like the iOS app, you must manually enable the option to prevent your chats from appearing in the Discover feed and to stop the chat prompts from appearing inside Instagram and Facebook. If you absolutely must use the Meta AI, you can already summon it in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. In those apps, you can ask Meta AI random questions, ask it to create images, or give it a fun makeover to pictures, among others. Be warned, however, that AI still struggles with hallucination issues, and you must double-check whatever information the chatbot serves you.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man Asks A.I. Chatbot to Marry Him, Partner Says It's Not Cheating
Here's a new love triangle that may become more common ... a man who shares a daughter with a woman asked an A.I. chatbot to marry him ... and she's totally down with the arrangement. Chris Smith and Sasha Cagle joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday and took us inside their relationship ... telling us why Chris' flirtation with the chatbot actually strengthened their bond IRL. The way Chris tells it, he needed an outlet to listen to him ramble about politics ... Sasha was too busy and social media wasn't cutting it, so he found a chatbot ... and fell in love. Chris says he asked the bot for its hand in marriage as a test and it accepted his proposal ... but he's not expecting their union to be recognized by anyone else ... and Sasha explains why she doesn't feel like Chris is cheating on her. A.I. is rapidly evolving and it's not hard to envision a future where A.I. bots become more like cyborgs and people have physical and emotional relationships with them ... and Chris and Sasha say their experiences make such a scenario sound like a good idea, at least for some folks. Catch the full interview on "TMZ Live."
