{"id":179928,"date":"2025-06-13T02:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179928\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T02:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:17:11","slug":"get-your-parents-off-the-meta-ai-app-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179928\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as I\u2019ve enjoyed using Meta\u2019s Ray-Bans<\/a>, I haven\u2019t been a very big fan of the switch\/rebrand from the Meta View app, which was a fairly straightforward companion to the smart glasses. Now, we\u2019ve got the Meta AI app,<\/a> a very not-straightforward half-glasses companion that really, really tries to get you to interact with\u2014what else\u2014AI. The list of reasons why I don\u2019t like the app transition is long, but there\u2019s always room for more grievances in my book, and unfortunately for Meta (and for us), that list just got a little bit longer.<\/p>\n

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Wild things are happening on Meta\u2019s AI app.<\/p>\n

The feed is almost entirely boomers who seem to have no idea their conversations with the chatbot are posted publicly.<\/p>\n

They get pretty personal (see second pic, which I anonymized). pic.twitter.com\/0Hoff1psPU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Justine Moore (@venturetwins) June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There were a lot of tweaks when Meta crossed over from the Meta View app to the Meta AI app back in late April, and it seems not all of them have been registered by the people using it. Arguably one of the biggest shifts, as you can see from the tweet above, is the addition of a \u201cDiscover\u201d feed, which in this case means that you can see publicly what kinds of prompts people are funneling into Meta\u2019s ChatGPT competitor. That might be fine if those people knew that what they were asking Meta AI would be displayed in a public feed that\u2019s prominently featured in the app, but based on the prompts highlighted by one tech investor, Justine Moore, on X,<\/a> it doesn\u2019t really look like people do\u00a0know that, and it\u2019s bad, folks. Very bad.<\/p>\n

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I spent an hour browsing the app, and saw:
-Medical and tax records
-Private details on court cases
-Draft apology letters for crimes
-Home addresses
-Confessions of affairs
\u2026and much more!<\/p>\n

Not going to post any of those \u2013 but here\u2019s my favorite so far pic.twitter.com\/9KqGeLB5UN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Justine Moore (@venturetwins) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As Moore notes, users are throwing all sorts of prompts into Meta AI without knowing that they\u2019re being displayed publicly, including sensitive medical and tax documents, addresses, and deeply personal information\u2014including, but not limited to\u2014confessions of affairs, crimes, and court cases. The list, unfortunately, goes on. I took a short stroll through the Meta AI app for myself just to verify that this was seemingly still happening as of writing this post, and I regret to inform you all that the pain train seems to be rolling onward. In my exploration of the app, I found seemingly confidential prompts addressing doubts\/issues with significant others, including one woman questioning whether her male partner is truly a feminist. I also uncovered a self-identified 66-year-old man asking where he can find women who are interested in \u201colder men,\u201d and just a few hours later, inquiring about transgender women in Thailand.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\"Meta<\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Meta AI \/ Screen shot by Gizmodo \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\"Meta<\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Meta AI \/ Screen shot by Gizmodo \t\t\t\t \t\t <\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say for sure, but I am going to guess that neither of these prompts was meant for public consumption. I mean, hey, different strokes for different folks, but typically when I\u2019m seeking dating advice or having doubts about my relationship, I prefer it to be between me and a therapist or close friend. Gizmodo has reached out to Meta about the issue, and a spokesperson stressed that posts are only shared when users tap the \u201cshare\u201d button at the top-right corner of the Meta AI interface after asking the chatbot a question. There\u2019s also a \u201cpost\u201d button to send the exchange to Discover. When asked why it thinks so many users may have mistakenly posted what they intended to be private queries, a Meta spokesperson did not respond.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s advisable, if you\u2019re going to use the Meta AI app, to go to your settings (or your parents\u2019 settings) and make all of your public prompts visible only to you. To do that, pull open the Meta AI app and:<\/p>\n