WhatsApp rolls out incognito AI chats to protect user privacy
Meta is adding an ‘incognito’ mode to WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, giving users private, temporary conversations that aren’t saved or accessible by Meta.
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The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.
Read full articleMeta is adding an ‘incognito’ mode to WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, giving users private, temporary conversations that aren’t saved or accessible by Meta.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers." Messages in Incognito Chat aren't saved or stored in users' chat history, similar to incognito modes on other AI chatbots, but Meta says its version is different because it also uses end-to-end encryption, which Meta recently removed from Instagram DMs: "Other apps have introduced incognito-style modes, but they can still see the questions coming in and the answers going out. Incognito Chat with Meta AI is truly private, meaning no one - not even Meta - can read your conversations." Google … Read the full story at The Verge.
Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.
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