- WhatsApp update launches a new goal chat in more countries
- It is represented by a small blue circle in chats and is also in search of chat
- Many WhatsApp users are not happy that the function is not removable
If you have been wondering what the mysterious symbol of the blue ring, purple and the green ring on WhatsApp, you are not alone, and this broader display of goal AI in the messaging application is proven to be controversial, to say at least.
The new circle or ring in the lower right corner of its chats is a shortcut for the target chatbot, indeed, its chatgpt taking. The function was extended in the United States and Canada some time ago, but recently it began to reach countries throughout the EU, including the United Kingdom and Australia.
Because the EU is a kind of heart for WhatsApp, where the total number of users eclipsan to those of the USA., The characteristic is back in the attention center, and is not demonstrating to be particularly popular, to say at least, according to several Reddit threads.
The biggest complaint is that there is no way to turn off the goal AI. He feels prominently in his chat section, he looks a bit like an error, and now he has also conveniently integrated into the chat search bar, which says “ask Meta AI or search.”
That naturally raises privacy concerns, although Meta has been interested in addressing them in their aid pages. He says that “his personal messages with friends and family are out of the limits” and that, while “Ais can read what is shared with them”, their “personal messages remain encrypted from extreme to extreme.”
That said, their chats with goal AI are not encrypted and target says: “Do not send messages to the goal with information that you do not want you to know.”
If it chat with goal AI, intentionally or not, the best option is to eliminate the chat later. You can do it by going to the chat, sliding to the left, playing ‘more’ and pressing ‘delete chat’.
Analysis: get used to or prepare to jump the ship
Despite some online vocal protests, it is quite clear that Meta AI is not going anywhere in WhatsApp. In Lo Lonect 2024 of last year, Mark Zuckerberg boasted that Meta Ai was already one of the most used assistants in the world, with almost 500 million monthly active users.
The finish line to increase that figure is taking advantage of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Goal AI is now based on the new model calls 4, which shows that goal is anxious to continually update its assistant and make it a basic Whatbot Whatsapp chatbot, whether we have asked for it or not.
A member of the European Parliament has even raised the characteristic of the Executive Vice President and the Commissioner, questioning whether the lack of an option to eliminate it “aligns with the EU rules.”
Maybe we will see the finish line at the dock with the EU again soon.
Together with the lack of a “deactivate” option, the other main criticism of goal AI in WhatsApp is that it is simply not very good. Having ventured with it in the application, I have also found its limitations. Often misinterpret what has asked or contradicts. For example, I asked if I could analyze images; He asked me to upload one and then said: “I still can’t understand the images.”
In summary, goal AI still feels a world away from Chatgpt and also begins with the disadvantage that it has been pushed into its face within other applications instead of being consciously chosen.
The solution for WhatsApp Irked users will be to tolerate or move to alternatives such as Signal, a popular option for privacy, but one that may not be so popular among their friends.
