PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Meta launched its new Muse Spark AI model amid a critical phase for its AI initiatives, aiming to avoid costly failures like the metaverse project.
- The Meta AI app, released last April, has faced privacy and social concerns due to Instagram notifying users' contacts about their app usage without explicit consent.
- Despite a slow start with 6.5 million downloads in the first month and a half, the app recently surged to No. 5 on the U.S. App Store following an updated chatbot release.
- Meta’s interconnected platforms mean user activity on the AI app is linked to Instagram and Facebook accounts, raising issues about data sharing, targeted advertising, and user privacy.
- A now-removed Discover feed on the Meta AI app inadvertently exposed users’ private AI chatlogs, including sensitive personal information, highlighting design flaws and privacy risks.
