The chatbot built into WhatsApp is not as powerful as Meta AI's web app, but it can answer your questions, reply with a large chunk of text, share links from Bing, and even create images. On March 19, WhatsApp owner Meta announced that a variety of AI upgrades would be coming to users in Europe after the company paused the rollout last year. Similarly, users on X and Reddit have reported that Meta AI is now appearing on WhatsApp in European countries like France, Germany, and others. Since then, more users have started seeing the button to open Meta AI in WhatsApp. Today, more people are seeing the Meta AI chatbot being added to WhatsApp. One user from the United Kingdom told me that they saw the Meta AI chatbot automatically added to WhatsApp on iOS today. In addition to the "AI" button above the "New Chat" button, you'll find shortcuts to Meta AI prompts when you try to search for a specific chat, group chat, or contact. In our tests, BleepingComputer observed that Meta AI invades the existing WhatsApp experience. If you don't want to use AI in WhatsApp, make sure you keep your hands off the AI button that appears right above the new chat button (a very well-thought-out position). You can also use Meta AI in WhatsApp to create stickers. Unfortunately, it's not possible to turn off Meta AI in WhatsApp. As for privacy, Meta insists that your personal chats will not be used to train the AI models, but your conversation with Meta AI could be used to train future versions.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:35:20 +0000