The new Meta AI app has sparked privacy concerns as users unknowingly share private conversations publicly. The app allows users to share their chats, audio clips, and images with a simple click, but many appear unaware that these exchanges become visible to everyone.
Reports reveal sensitive content, from personal legal issues and home addresses to private audio recordings, is accessible through the app. Security experts have highlighted examples of users sharing detailed personal information without realizing it is public.
Meta has not provided an official comment on these issues. The app lacks clear privacy notifications, leaving users uncertain about who can see their data. For example, linking the app to a public Instagram account means search queries may be exposed to the app’s wider audience.
This situation echoes past privacy failures, such as AOL’s 2006 incident with published search data, and runs contrary to practices by search engines like Google, which avoid turning queries into public social feeds.
Despite being available since April 29 and downloaded 6.5 million times, Meta’s AI app has been criticized for poor privacy design, especially considering the company’s vast resources and investment in AI technology.
The app also faces growing misuse, with users posting controversial and trivial content publicly, raising concerns that the platform could become a source of embarrassment for its users rather than a helpful AI tool.