5 useful ways to use Meta AI in WhatsApp without putting your security at risk

Due to security concerns or simply lack of usefulness, many users are showing interest in deactivating WhatsApp Meta AIthat button that appears as a blue-pink circle and allows you to interact directly with the chatbot from the app.

However, through your Help CenterMeta and WhatsApp clarify that the assistant does not have access to end-to-end encrypted chats unless you send messages directly to him.

In this sense, instead of eliminating it, the key is take advantage of its useful features while maintaining good security practices.

5 functions to take advantage of WhatsApp’s Meta AI

1. Quick responses and contextual search

One of the most useful features of Meta AI is that you can answer questions directly within WhatsApp. You can write something like “@Meta AI what is the exchange rate today?” or touch the icon on the home screen.

This avoids having to open a separate browser, copy a link or switch applications. As an added bonus, you can do it without leaving the chat. But be careful: although the chats are encrypted, Meta points out that what you send to the assistant can be used to improve its models.

2. Generate and edit creative texts

Meta AI allows help you write messages, emails, ideas for groups or even content for social networks. According to Algoworks, one of its functions is to “compose messages, write blogs or generate ideas” within WhatsApp.

3. Translation and summary of conversations

Thanks to the integration of AI, Meta AI can help you translate long messages or summarize long chat chains. According to WhatsApp FAQ, you can chat with the assistant to clarify doubts about long messages.

4. Help with quick plans and reminders

Meta AI can also help you organize events, save ideas or remember relevant details. From suggesting locations to structuring a to-do list, you can interact with the assistant like a “digital assistant.”

5. Creation of images or multimedia content

In some markets, Meta AI already allows you to generate images or visual content within WhatsApp. According to Webwise, one function is “create images with a prompt” directly in the chat.

Although traditional WhatsApp chats are still end-to-end encrypted, Meta AI is not covered by that same level of privacysince their interactions can be used for model training, according to Meta, Wired reviewed.