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WhatsApp's Meta AI voice chat adds a new layer of surveillance, privacy concerns (www.neowin.net)
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WhatsApp is rolling out a real-time voice chat feature for Meta AI on iOS beta version 25.21.10.76. This follows a previous rollout for Android users which we previously covered. When available, users can start a voice session by tapping on the waveform icon from the Chats tab, or by default, from the Calls tab. By rolling this out, Meta AI will catch up in a significant way with other chatbots which mostly offer calls already.

The integration on iOS has a few subtle differences to Android at the operating system level. When you begin a call with Meta AI, iOS will add an orange dot in the top-right corner of the screen to indicate that the microphone is in use. This privacy feature cannot be disabled by WhatsApp, so you’ll always know when Meta is listening.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

They're already training on your conversations with the ai, not surprising they trying it on your voice too. And the voice actors thought the agreements protected their jobs...