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Good Morning from San Francisco, Meta's AI app turned users into accidental exhibitionists. 😬 People shared medical questions, legal
Meta users think they're chatting privately with AI. Instead, they're broadcasting medical questions, legal troubles, and relationship problems to the world through a public feed that many don't realize exists.
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Meta's AI app turned users into accidental exhibitionists. 😬 People shared medical questions, legal troubles, and relationship drama with the world instead of just the chatbot. One user broadcast their friend's criminal case details. Another posted their phone number seeking dates. 📱💔
The culprit? A "Discover" feed that makes conversations public. Older users got hit hardest, treating the bot like customer service. 👴📞 They started chats with "Dear Instagram Team" while spilling secrets to strangers.
Meta says sharing requires multiple clicks. Users disagree. 🤷♂️
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Marcus Schuler
Meta's AI app has turned into an accidental confessional. Users think they're having private conversations with a chatbot. Instead, they're sharing their secrets with everyone.
The Meta AI app launched in April with a "Discover" feed that shows other users' conversations. People have shared medical questions, legal troubles, relationship problems, and financial details. Many don't know their chats are public.
One user asked for help writing a character reference for a friend facing criminal charges. They included full names and case details. Another shared their phone number while asking the AI to find women to date. A third discussed their sister's role in potential tax fraud, using their real Instagram profile.
The problem hits older users hardest. They treat Meta AI like customer service, starting conversations with "Dear Instagram Team." Many don't understand privacy settings that younger users grew up with.
Voice recordings make things worse. Users accidentally share audio clips of private conversations, work schedules, and pocket dials where Meta AI interrupts real conversations.
Meta says sharing requires clicking "Share" then "Post." But evidence shows many users don't understand what they're doing. One person told a reporter they hadn't meant to make their car repair question public.
The mess echoes past social media blunders. Facebook once had a search bar users confused with the status field. Venmo's public payment history exposed personal details through transaction descriptions.
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Apple's promised Siri upgrade won't arrive until spring 2026. The company targets iOS 26.4 for the launch, nearly two years after the original announcement.
Apple first showed the smarter Siri at WWDC 2024. The demo promised an assistant that could understand personal context and take actions based on what's on your screen. Marketing teams used these features to sell iPhone 16 phones. The features never shipped.
The delay stems from technical problems. Apple tried to merge its old Siri system with new AI technology. This hybrid approach failed about one-third of the time during testing. Engineers decided to rebuild the entire system from scratch using a new "Siri LLM" architecture.
The delays triggered a leadership reshuffle. John Giannandrea, Apple's AI chief, lost oversight of consumer-facing products including Siri. Mike Rockwell, who led Vision Pro development, now runs the Siri project alongside software chief Craig Federighi.
Apple executives have spent this week defending against "vaporware" accusations. They insist the WWDC 2024 demo showed real working software. Critics point out that the demo used unusual editing techniques and never showed the feature working in continuous shots.
The delay affects other products too. Apple postponed a smart home hub that relied on the upgraded Siri features. The company still depends on OpenAI and Google for key AI capabilities in upcoming products like smart glasses.
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Google Cloud's service disruption on Thursday knocked out Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and dozens of other apps for three hours, proving that putting all your digital eggs in one cloud basket remains a spectacularly bad idea. The outage started at 11 a.m. PT and left millions of users staring at error messages while Google scrambled to fix what it diplomatically called "service issues."
A Trump administration official told Congress that Huawei can produce just 200,000 AI chips in 2025, far short of the millions China needs for smartphones and data centers. The Commerce Department also confirmed it stopped granting licenses that let US companies work with blacklisted Chinese firms like Huawei and SMIC.
SAG-AFTRA ended its 320-day video game strike with a deal that gives actors real control over how companies use AI to copy their voices and faces. The union can now tell studios exactly when and how they're allowed to create digital versions of performers, plus actors get paid at least 7.5 times their normal rate when companies turn them into chatbots.
Tencent approached the family of Nexon's late founder about buying the $15 billion gaming company, five years after their first acquisition attempt collapsed over price disagreements. The Chinese company wants to expand its gaming empire by adding MapleStory and other popular titles, though the deal faces complications from inheritance taxes and government ownership stakes.
Apple dramatically shifted its India iPhone exports to almost exclusively serve the US market, with 97% of shipments going to America between March and May compared to just 50% last year. The move helps Apple avoid hefty tariffs on China-made phones, even as Trump criticized the company for building in India instead of the US.
Walmart and Amazon are exploring issuing their own stablecoins to bypass traditional payment systems and save billions in credit card fees, according to people familiar with the discussions. The retailers are waiting for Congress to pass the Genius Act, which would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins and potentially shake up the payments industry dominated by Visa and Mastercard.
A betting platform called Kalshi aired a completely AI-generated commercial during the NBA Finals that cost just $2,000 to make, featuring bizarre scenes of elderly cowboys holding chihuahuas and people swimming in pools of eggs. The ad creator used Google's Veo 3 tool to generate 300-400 video clips over three days, keeping only 15 usable scenes for the final commercial that millions of viewers watched.
Garmin launched the $799 Venu X1 fitness watch with a square design and titanium body that mimics the Apple Watch Ultra 2, though it cuts key features like ECG support and multi-band GPS. The watch offers a 2-inch AMOLED screen and two-day battery life, positioning itself as a square version of Garmin's existing round watches rather than a true Apple competitor.
China's antitrust regulator delayed approval of the $35 billion merger between US chip companies Synopsys and Ansys, after Trump banned American chip design software sales to China in May. The deal had reached final approval stages and was set to close this month, but Beijing now appears to be using regulatory delays as payback for Washington's export restrictions.
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