On Wednesday, Meta disclosed that it would incorporate an AI-powered summaries feature into WhatsApp.
Meta AI is employed to summarize unread messages in a conversation, which is an optional feature.
The company notes. This summary would be visible only to you, not to others in your conversation.
The feature is based on the AI technology that Meta introduced in April, which enables the company to incorporate AI features that do not affect user privacy or encryption.
“Message Summaries employ Private Processing technology, which enables Meta AI to generate a response without Meta or WhatsApp ever viewing your messages or the private summaries.”
“In a blog post, the company stated that no one else in the chat can see that you summarized unread messages either.”
WhatsApp displays a small emblem to indicate that the feature is available to you even though it is turned off by default.
Meta initially introduced the feature in the United States with English language support. It will expand its reach to additional countries and languages later this year.
Until recently, users could access Meta AI within the chat to pose general questions or tag a message to provide the chatbot with context. Nevertheless, Meta AI was unable to comprehend your communications.
Meta stated that the new stack enables WhatsApp to privately access the context of your conversation to process requests through AI. This allows it to offer writing recommendations or summarize messages.
The new AI-powered features are accessible through the new setting, Private Processing, which can be accessed through Settings > Chats. This setting allows users to turn specific functions on or off.
