This Is How Meta AI Will Save You From Spilling Private Chats Publicly
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Meta rolled out a safety update to its AI chatbot app following reports that users had unknowingly posted private conversations on the Discover feed. For a while, users were sharing family issues, medical questions, tax documents, even spiritual reflections, without realizing those prompts were visible to everyone.
When the feature debuted in April, posting was straightforward: tap Share, then Post, and your exchange goes public. Several media outlets traced scanning instances: a mother seeking a letter draft for a court filing, office chatter about work schedules, even pocket-dial recordings. Usually, these things users likely meant to keep private.
The new flow interrupts that. After hitting Share, users see a pop-up with a message like “Prompts you post are public and visible to everyone. Avoid sharing personal or sensitive information.” The Post to feed button stays greyed out until users tap a second time, the digital equivalent of a pause before sending. Meta hasn’t publicly commented on whether this change also led to fewer text or audio-based shares, though public posts have shifted heavily toward images.
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Privacy advocates say this redesign couldn’t come soon enough. Experts at EPIC flagged the original setup as misleading, exposing deeply personal content without a clear indication. While Meta insists sharing requires explicit action, critics argue the interface didn’t make that clear enough, and the consequences showed in users’ feed posts.
Meta’s change doesn’t just slow accidental overshares, but rather, it questions how social AI should handle privacy by default. Will people slow down and think before they post? That remains to be seen. For now, at least, the app forces them to look before they leap. And that extra moment might save someone from public embarrassment.
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