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Across multiple outlets, Meta is getting attention for AI-driven privacy and security controversies—especially alleged misuse of employee tracking data and reports of AI facilitating access to hacked Instagram accounts. Legal pressure is also rising, including a Texas AG lawsuit targeting WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption claims.

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Key Takeaway Meta is facing mounting scrutiny over AI-enabled privacy/security practices, alongside legal action over WhatsApp encryption claims.
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Meta is facing mounting scrutiny over AI-enabled privacy/security practices, alongside legal action over WhatsApp encryption claims.

Across multiple outlets, Meta is getting attention for AI-driven privacy and security controversies—especially alleged misuse of employee tracking data and reports of AI facilitating access to hacked Instagram accounts. Legal pressure is also rising, including a Texas AG lawsuit targeting WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption claims.

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Top 4 signals · Meta is facing mounting scrutiny over AI-enabled
Android Authority · 3h ago
Instagram accounts continue to be hacked as hackers claim Meta only removed a UI button
TechCrunch · 3h ago
Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally
TechCrunch · 1h ago
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
Engadget · 3h ago
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta agents to "run your whole business"

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WhatsApp lawsuit filer Texas AG
WhatsApp encryption dispute Claims that WhatsApp doesn’t provide end-to-end encryption
Instagram hack claim Hackers allegedly stole accounts by asking Meta AI for help

What to Watch

  • Track updates to the Texas AG WhatsApp encryption lawsuit as it proceeds through the courts. Ars Technica

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  • I have better performance on Quest 3S with Meta Horizon Link than Steam Link r/virtualreality
  • These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked TechCrunch
  • Encodec.cpp, a portable C++ implementation of Meta's EnCodec using Eigen [P] r/MachineLearning
  • Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally TechCrunch
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androidauthority.com

Instagram accounts continue to be hacked as hackers claim Meta only removed a UI button

Meta AI loophole continues to allow hackers to hijack Instagram accounts. Reports claim Meta's fix failed to secure the backend.

3h ago Aamir Siddiqui
techcrunch.com

Meta's AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally | TechCrunch

WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage

3h ago Ivan Mehta
neowin.net

Backlash forces Meta to scale back employee keystroke tracking plans

Last April, Meta launched a program to collect employee keystrokes, mouse movements, and other inputs to train AI models. The company is now scaling down the project, citing "several optimizations."

36m ago David Uzondu
techcrunch.com

Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook | TechCrunch

Meta told TechCrunch that it's considering ways to monetize the new feature, but didn't share specifics on what that could look like.

1d ago Aisha Malik
androidpolice.com

A popular laptop maker is taking on the Ray-Ban Meta with a pair of smartglasses

Not one, but two pairs from Acer

7h ago Andy Boxall

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Instagram accounts hacked using Meta AI

Instagram accounts hacked using Meta AI

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Meta whistleblower's lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book

Meta whistleblower's lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book

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Resourceful runner 'can race my own ghost' using homemade Meta Ray-Ban

Resourceful runner 'can race my own ghost' using homemade Meta Ray-Ban

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Tell HN: Meta's AI support feature allows Instagram accounts to be stolen

If the AI support option is enabled for your Instagram account (it appears to be A/B tested for only a percentage of accounts), anyone can hijack it with little effort. Simply get on a proxy or VPN close to the account's…

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WhatsApp launches private 'incognito' conversations with its AI chatbot

WhatsApp launches private 'incognito' conversations with its AI chatbot

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Will everyone have to pay for Meta's apps now?

For now, a paid tier is optional, not required. Plus and Meta One subscriptions are mostly made for users who want more control and expanded features, especially influencers and businesses.  Paid subscribers will be able to add features similar to the ad options Meta has used in the past, including the ability to spotlight a Story for additional views, extend Stories by another 24 hours, add custom reactions like Super Hearts, make additional pinned chats in WhatsApp and more.  Other Plus features are more data-oriented, such as the ability to see how many people have rewatched a Story or Reel

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