Meta Introduces Anonymous Mode for WhatsApp AI Chats

Overview

• Meta, which announced the feature Wednesday, said WhatsApp AI chats will run in an isolated system the company cannot access.
• The company describes private processing that pairs end-to-end encryption from phone to server with secure chips from AMD and Nvidia.
• Chats are text only, do not save by default, and vanish when you close the session, with access gated by an age check.
• WhatsApp will embed guardrails that block harmful topics, point users to help, and end a conversation if misuse continues.
• The rollout over the coming months comes as Instagram drops encrypted DMs and as rivals like Gemini and ChatGPT let people limit how chat data trains their models.