WhatsApp help pages exposed hidden instructions for Meta's support chatbot
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WhatsApp help and FAQ pages exposed hidden text written for Meta's large language model, according to privacy company Redact, which found about 80 pages containing around 100 blocks of such text.
The instructions included telling the chatbot not to cite data protection regulators or give legal advice.
WhatsApp spokesperson Joshua Breckman says the text appeared due to a bug that has been fixed. After Wired contacted Meta, the text was removed from all the pages.
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AIPrivacy company Redact found about 80 WhatsApp help and FAQ pages exposing around 100 blocks of hidden text written for Meta's large language model. The instructions included telling the chatbot not to cite data protection regulators or give legal advice. WhatsApp spokesperson Joshua Breckman said the text appeared due to a bug that has been fixed and was removed from all pages after Wired contacted Meta.
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