Meta appears to have taken a small step towards dealing with the oversharing epidemic that occurs with public feed on AI apps. The company has added a short disclaimer warning users of “avoiding sharing of personal or sensitive information to post” on meta AI apps.
The change was the first time by Business Insiderwhich of The app has “one of the most melancholy places” online, as intimate, embarrassing, sometimes personally identifiable information meta users were clearly unconsciously publicly published as the app’s built-in “Discover” feed. Meta AI doesn’t share users’ chat history by default, but it appears that many users in the app chose to “share” interactions without realizing that voice and text chats are common.
Last week I found a post asking users for advice on “improving bowel movements” and asking if relatives could be liable for employers’ unpaid taxes. Another user Keep “this private” in his public posts in an obvious attempt to hide his embarrassing chat after the facts. These types of strange public interactions have been happening since the meta AI app was rolled out in April, but it attracted new attention last week after social media users began Posts About all the strange conversations that appear in the app’s “Discovery” feed.
Privacy experts criticized the meta and noted that most other mainstream AI chatbots do not contain feeds that could be exposed on social. “Your expectations about how tool features don’t match reality have you faced with enormous user experience and security issues,” said Rachel Tobac, a security expert who previously partnered with Meta. last week. “Humans are building schemas around AI chatbots and don’t expect AI chatbot prompts to appear in social media style discovery feeds. This is not a feature of other tools.” Mozilla Foundation Meta that changes the design of the app. “Meta AI apps don’t reveal that what you share is completely public,” he wrote. Last week there was no clear iconography. There are no familiar clues about sharing like other meta apps. ”
The company is clearly taking notes now. With the change, if you choose to share meta AI interactions, the above warning will be published, but it appears to only appear in the first share. “The prompts you post will be public and visible to everyone.” “In other meta apps, the meta may suggest prompts. Avoid sharing personal or sensitive information.”
As Business Insider Looking closely, it appears that the app’s public feeds no longer showcase text exchanges that other users share with the app, only AI-generated images and videos. It is unclear whether it is a permanent change or the result of recent negative attention the app has received. Please contact Meta for more details and update if there is a reply.
In the meantime, if you find yourself a victim of an unintended public post on your app, you can delete it by tapping your profile in the top right corner of the app. Data and Privacy -> I will manage your information -> Make all public prompts visible to you alone Select Apply to All.
