More AI in WhatsApp.
  • irish_link@lemmy.worldEnglish
    441·
    10 months ago

    But… But I thought those were private and couldn’t be read by anyone else. /sarcasm

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I mean you are pressing a button to send them to the AI. It’s like clowning on how Signal messages are supposed to be private and can’t be read by anyone else, while you yourself are sending a screenshot of the conversation to others. Or inviting a journalist to your secret group chat…

      The dubious part is the claim of privacy in Meta’s AI.

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      So I think, but I’m not sure, this is for group chats. Group chats are only encrypted to/from the server because the server broadcasts the message to each recipient. As the messages are unencrypted on the server, they can feed them to LLMs.

      This is different to Signal. On Signal it’s your phone encrypting each copy of the message before sending to each recipient individually.

  • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    10 months ago

    And I’m sure that summary goes to metas databases to further your profile in their system.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      Nobody really needed this feature, this is the actual reason it is being implemented… obviously.

      It is insulting they aren’t even trying to hide it.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I could see this being handy in a car or in a super busy group chat where you need to know what they’ve agreed on during the 200 messages you’ve missed.

        I can see reasons people might use this, though I probably wouldn’t myself

        • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          What that says to me is you are trying to bullshit using a basic tool when you actually need to do the work of onboarding people onto some kind of platform where you can actually coordinate complex things or have conversations between huge groups of people that are still salient to individuals.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Yeah good luck getting everyone in whatever friend, hobby etc group to join your platform when all your communication is already happening on WhatsApp

            • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              Which is exactly the intended conditions ventcure capital investment in WhatsApp was intended to do, now they can just keep cashing in over and over again banking on pure inertia from people already knowing how to use WhatsApp badly to do something they could do far better with another tool.

              • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                Yeah it’s not the best but it’s hard to get people to install another app, make another account when they know they could just use the one they’re already using

  • mienshao@lemm.eeEnglish
    173·
    10 months ago

    I will never understand anyone who uses Meta products. How much shit does that company need to do before yalls gtfo? Like fr, why are you using WhatsApp when Signal or a million other messaging systems are available?

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      Because everyone else is on WhatsApp. I moved most of my friends to Signal but I’m in some clubs that use WhatsApp groups to communicate. Yes, I could leave but then I wouldn’t know about many activities.

    • Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I’ve tried moving to signal but at most I have about 3 friends that use it with me, it simply not possible to dump it completely and remain in contact with all my friends and family members.

    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      I don’t get it either. They spend millions to extract 2 words from a 3 words sentence?

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    encrypted my ass. this is to everyone who dares to think that encryption is worth anything in a closed source app, developed by facebook no less. it is used as a buzzword, no more