I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

Meta AI is Meta's take on standalone chatbot apps like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. But unlike these other apps, Meta AI has a social media function, and, if you're not careful, you might end up sharing your Meta AI questions and requests to the rest of the users on the app.

Meta AI is going viral for showing user chats that should not be public, so be sure to fix your privacy settings ASAP.

Such legislation has intensified the clash between app store operators (like Google and Apple) and major social media platforms (such as Meta, X, and Snap) over who is responsible for the online safety of young users. Both Utah and Texas have adopted similar legislation that puts the burden of responsibility on app stores.

The Meta AI app launched in April, and users are inadvertently sharing embarrassing, private questions to the Discover feed because of poor design choices by Meta that have still not been fixed.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.

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