Meta rewrites AI prompts following a privacy scare

Meta says it is changing the prompts suggested by its AI chatbot after a viral video showed Meta AI prompting a user to identify the child in her video. The prompt reportedly pulled from the user’s and relatives’ posts to infer details like age and location, prompting criticism of invasive personalization. A Meta spokesperson said the feature “missed the mark” and should not have prompted such questions, noting the change is to prevent personal-topic prompts; Meta AI’s responses are supposed to be based on information the user already has access to. The changes follow earlier moves by Meta to limit AI-generated content on its apps, and the company says it has fixed the issue.