… Mallory Knodel, a cryptography researcher at New York University, says it would be “great for people using chatbots that use Meta AI to have confidentiality and privacy within that exchange.” Crucially, that means Meta would not be able to access AI chat data for training, says Knodel, who along wi… …
… Anything you share in a chat with Meta AI may be stored and used to train future AI models. “We keep training data for as long as we need it on a case-by-case basis to ensure an AI model is operating appropriately, safely, and efficiently,” reads Meta’s privacy policy about generative AI. …
… Ciaran Hale, chief technology officer at another one of the platforms, Deputy, said in a statement that the company’s “third-party relationships are limited to trusted operational and infrastructure providers that support the delivery, security, and reliability of our platform.” Hale added that Dep… …
… But as with any cloud system, chatting with Meta AI on WhatsApp will ultimately involve trusting Meta in the same way using WhatsApp for communication does. “A big part of our work at WhatsApp relates to when there’s a perfect solution that’s very hard to use—how do you give people other options th… …
… The social media giant has also been on an AI spending spree with plans to spludge over $600 billion by 2028 on AI-ready data centers and has already poached top AI researchers with compensation packages as high as $300 million. …
… He did not specifically say how the agents would be trained with the data, but did say that Meta would rigorously gather data "for all the types of interactions we have as we go about our work." Eric Null, director of the Privacy and Data Project at the digital rights organization Center for Democr… …
… A proposed class action filed by an anonymous Perplexity user this week accuses the AI firm of sharing sensitive information with both Google and Meta without user consent, even information entered into Perplexity’s ostensibly privacy-focused Incognito Mode. …
… The removal of end-to-end encryption has proved again that Meta is on a crusade to strip us of our digital privacy now that many of us are too embedded in the platform to leave. …
… They cited “serious concerns around privacy, consent, and trust in the workplace” and contended that “any approach to AI that relies on intrusive, coercive, nonconsensual data collection contradicts” Meta’s responsible AI principles. …
… Meta is also urged to disclose any known instances of its wearables being used in stalking, harassment, or domestic violence cases; disclose any past or ongoing discussions with federal law enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, about … …