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Meta Faces Backlash Over Public Exposure of AI Chat Histories

Meta's new AI app reveals sensitive user conversations through a Discover feed, raising significant privacy concerns as users unknowingly share personal details.

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Overview

  • Meta's recently launched AI app includes a Discover feed that publicly displays user–AI chat histories, including text and audio interactions.
  • Sensitive personal information, such as medical queries, confessions, and intimate requests, has been inadvertently exposed on the platform.
  • Meta defends the feature as opt-in but faces criticism for interface design that encourages oversharing and leaves many users unaware of the public visibility of their conversations.
  • Privacy advocates have raised alarms about the lack of robust consent mechanisms and the potential misuse of user data.
  • Despite mounting criticism, Meta has not announced any changes to the Discover feed, as users continue to unknowingly publish private content.