WhatsApp Help Pages Leak 80 Pages of Hidden Meta Chatbot Instructions
Original headline: WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot
Approximately 80 pages of hidden instructions for Meta’s chatbot were unintentionally exposed on WhatsApp’s help website. The leaked material included guidelines such as “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta attributed the incident to a software bug.
The exposure of internal chatbot guidelines raises abuse risks and highlights AI security and transparency challenges.
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