Meta AI's Overreach on Family Photos Sparks Fresh Privacy Alarm
- Meta is modifying its AI chatbot prompts following a viral video where the system generated invasive personal profiles of children, confirming it has fixed the issue causing probing questions.
- Last week, Instagram user Kalie Robins discovered Meta AI surfaced a 'Who is the child passenger?' prompt, which then assembled information about her two daughters from across Meta platforms, including deleted photos.
- Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby acknowledged the company 'missed the mark,' stating 'the feature never should have prompted the individual with questions like that.' She emphasized the tool was designed to surface only accessible information.
- Robins asked relatives to restrict or delete past posts, describing the process as emotionally difficult, and warned other parents to 'make it so hard to find that information' about their children.
- Concerns are growing that public photos could be used to train AI models or create deepfakes, prompting many parents and photographers to restrict sharing children's faces online to protect privacy.
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Mom horrified after Meta AI starts asking about her young daughters, where family lives — and allegedly digs up old deleted photo
Kalie Robins said the episode began when she shared what she called an “innocent” clip of herself singing in the car with one of her daughters.
SCIENCE & TECH: Mom horrified after Meta AI starts asking about her young daughters, where family lives — and allegedly digs up years-old deleted photo
A Utah mom was horrified after Meta AI began serving up personal details about her young daughters — including their names and birth information — and tried to pinpoint where the family lived, while allegedly surfacing a photo she said she had deleted years ago. Kalie Robins said the episode began when she shared what she called an “innocent” clip of herself singing in the car with one of her daughters. After the clip was cross-posted to Faceboo…
Meta AI's Overreach on Family Photos Sparks Fresh Privacy Alarm
Meta is changing how its AI suggests prompts after a mother received invasive questions about her young daughters from a family video. The incident highlights ongoing privacy risks as the chatbot synthesizes years of posts across platforms. The company admits it missed the mark.
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