Meta AI app and the public privacy nightmare

Meta’s new AI app is under fire for exposing private user chats to the public. Users can hit a “share” button to post conversations, but many don’t realize that their chats—including audio clips, images, and sensitive questions—are made public. 

Some posts include personal information, such as home addresses. 

Users have unknowingly shared resumes, legal troubles, medical questions, and even phone numbers.

Meta doesn’t clearly show users their privacy settings or where shared content ends up. Security experts warn this is a privacy nightmare. 

Since its April 29 launch, the app has been downloaded 6.5 million times. Critics argue that Meta should have anticipated the risks and implemented better safeguards to prevent this kind of public exposure.