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Meta AI App Gets 'Incognito Chat' as OpenAI Faces Lawsuits Over Stored Chat Logs

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The Meta AI app and Meta AI on WhatsApp have a new "incognito chat" option, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said is a "completely private way to interact with AI."

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Zuckerberg also said that Meta AI's incognito mode is the first major AI product where there is no log of conversations stored on servers. Zuckerberg likened the feature to end-to-end encryption, and said no one will be able to read the AI conversations, not even Meta or WhatsApp.

AI inference for incognito chat is done in a Trusted Execution Environment that Zuckerberg said is not accessible to Meta. Conversations also disappear from the phone when exiting a chat session, and nothing is saved or logged. Web searches are conducted privately, with no search information linked to the user.

"To get the most from personal superintelligence, we'll all need ways to discuss sensitive topics in ways that no one else can access," Zuckerberg said.

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart told reporters that the AI has safety guardrails, and it will refuse to answer questions that could be interpreted as harmful or illegal, steering conversations in a different direction. The mode also only supports text, and users are unable to upload images.

Incognito chat for Meta AI comes as OpenAI is facing a lawsuit for allegedly causing a teen's drug overdose. The teen asked ChatGPT for information on whether it was safe to take two drugs together, and was provided with an incorrect answer that led to his death. OpenAI has been sued several times by the families of people who used ChatGPT before dying by suicide.

Lawsuits against OpenAI have involved chat logs recovered by the plaintiffs, and without those logs, there would be far less evidence for a legal complaint over AI actions and advice.

Google and OpenAI also offer temporary chat options, but messages are still stored on remote servers. Google keeps data for up to three days, and OpenAI keeps logs for 30 days.

Meta's private chat option is rolling out in the coming months in the Meta AI app and WhatsApp.

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Yul Mtl said:
Is Meta simply shielding itself from lawsuits for wrongdoing by concealing its AI responses? I think so...
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This seems more plausible, although I’m not sure how liable AI companies should be for every AI generated answer. That opens a pretty massive Pandora’s box for stupid people. If AI writes a line of code that crashes an app, can the developer sue the AI company too?

Should the kid have ask a doctor or medical professional before mixing drugs, absolutely. But at some point there’s also personal responsibility involved. It’s similar to the old saying, if your GPS tells you to drive off a cliff, you’re still expected to use judgment.
 
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Zuckerberg also said that Meta AI's incognito mode is the first major AI product where there is no log of conversations stored on servers. Zuckerberg likened the feature to end-to-end encryption, and said no one will be able to read the AI conversations, not even Meta or WhatsApp.
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Zuck is telling nonsense, "Incognito" was already available on Perplexity and other platforms months earlier. The fact that it is now implemented in WhatsApp or whatever other piece of their crap... it's not a first at all. 100% Zuckerberg Marketing BS! Meta's business has always been selling user data, so there's no way that "incognito" really is incognito in Zuckerberg's software.
 
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Nobody should be using any dms, use your own trusted messaging software to do that. They will ALWAYS sell your info and use your chats to train (at minimum)
 
I do appreciate them marketing this. Kind of like Venice AI. But Venice AI does allow you store the conversations locally in the browser interface. Kinda wish this and other platforms would do something similar. Paying customers on Venice AI get ability to sync private AI conversations. Almost like how WhatsApp itself is billed as E2EE but has cross platform multi device sync options.
 
Unless there is a way to actually verify this, cannot simply believe that Meta AI chats in this new incognito mode are actually private. Privacy with Meta products and services generally do not exist.
 
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