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WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages
WhatsApp can now call on Meta AI to summarize your personal chats. As shown in a GIF, you can access it by tapping the button to unfurl all of your unread messages in a chat. But instead of showing your messages, WhatsApp uses Meta AI to generate a bulleted summary of what you missed. The feature is rolling out in…
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Meta adds privacy feature to WhatsApp days after US House ban – Computerworld
Using genAI processing to summarize personal messages marks the first time Meta has applied Private Processing, Meta said. “We expect there will be others where the same or similar infrastructure might be beneficial in processing user requests,” the company explained. Meta last week added secure keys to Facebook messaging, which provides an extra authentication layer for users to access messages.…
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US House reportedly bans WhatsApp from staffers’ devices over security concerns – Computerworld
Consumer messaging apps such as WhatsApp often lack administrative controls organizations need for compliance and data retention, failing to provide centralized management capabilities or detailed audit trails required in regulated industries. Even more concerning is the metadata exposure issue: Although WhatsApp encrypts message content, communication patterns and usage statistics may still be collected, potentially revealing sensitive business intelligence. Additionally, WhatsApp…
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WhatsApp Banned from US Government Devices Amid Security Concerns
It’s been almost a week since WhatsApp introduced ads on the platform for the very first time, and today, we hear that the US House has ordered a ban on WhatsApp from all government devices. It’s a result of growing concerns about WhatsApp’s privacy and data security. This news comes from Axios, which reported that the U.S. House’s chief administrative…
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WhatsApp for iPad is Officially Here: Here’s a Closer Look
Other than the Calculator, which has finally made its way to iPad with iPadOS 18, there is another app that wasn’t available on Apple’s tablet. If you haven’t guessed it yet, it’s WhatsApp, the popular messaging app used by billions across the globe. Today, after years of waiting, WhatsApp for iPad has finally made its debut. WhatsApp has announced its…
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Meta says it’s made Instagram and WhatsApp about as good as they could get
For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp flourished outside Meta’s control instead of being acquired by the tech giant. In the sixth and final week of trial, Meta asked Judge James Boasberg to consider that actually, these apps might be as good as they can get. Meta rested…
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How to lock down your privacy in WhatsApp
The end-to-end encryption (E2EE) available on the WhatsApp messaging app gets you off to a good start when it comes to privacy and security. It means no one else — hackers, law enforcement, or Meta staff — can see your chats. Your stuff stays just between you and the person or persons you’re chatting with. On top of that, the…
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You Can Now Talk to Perplexity AI Directly From WhatsApp
After adding a Voice Assistant feature to the iPhone app, Perplexity is now available in WhatsApp. Working just like any other chat, you can use the Perplexity chatbot without an account or any setup. Simply send it your questions, and the Perplexity AI model will reply to you. It has access to the internet, too, so it can provide the…
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WhatsApp unveils ‘Private Processing’ for cloud-based AI features
WhatsApp has announced the introduction of ‘Private Processing,’ a new technology that enables users to utilize advanced AI features by offloading tasks to privacy-preserving cloud servers. This is required to utilize AI functionalities such as message summarization and writing suggestions on WhatsApp, which are too demanding for on-device hardware. The new feature will be entirely opt-in and not enabled by default,…
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Mark Zuckerberg tells court that Meta made WhatsApp, Instagram better
Towards the end of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in a Washington, DC courthouse, a smile flashed across his face. Meta’s lead attorney, Mark Hansen, had asked the CEO if he was “happy” about paying $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014. Zuckerberg flashed a grin, took a brief pause, and responded, “I’d do it again.” Over the last decade, the growing scale…
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