Asking Meta AI a prompt doesn't make it public. But there are two problems specific to the Meta AI app that make this an issue. One is that when you create your Meta AI account, it defaults to your Instagram name, so many people have their actual names and pictures on their profiles.

Meta AI public search issue sparks concerns as user prompts appear in public feeds, exposing sensitive queries traceable to social profiles.

People are unknowingly oversharing in Meta's AI app which has led to its discover feed being full of private personal conversations, audio clips and even images.

Meta's AI app is publicly broadcasting sensitive user chats via its 'Discover' feed, creating a major privacy crisis that has sparked legal challenges and widespread backlash from privacy advocates.

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.

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

Despite chatbots being viewed as 'artificial' conversationalists, people have put their trust in them and are already oversharing with the AI, as chats with them are often perceived as private. However, that is not precisely the case with Meta AI.

When we asked Meta to comment, a representative reiterated that chats are private by default and are never public until the user goes through the process to post. "Some would even say there's too much friction" to posting to the Discover feed, the representative added.

Tap your profile icon at the top right. Tap “Data & Privacy” under “App settings.” Tap “Manage your information.” Then, tap “Make all your prompts visible to only you.” If you’ve already posted publicly and want to remove those posts, you can also tap “Delete all prompts.”