‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/whatsapp-ai-helper-mistakenly-shares-users-number

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Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

holy shit. if the meta-AI actually has access to the user database of whatsapp, thats a 1000x better reason to ditch whatsapp (and meta) than some ads in their shitty "stories"

exchange12rocks@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Most likely the LLM just hallucinated the number, and, given the popularity of the app, that number is also connected to WhatsApp. It's no different than sending a message to a random phone number.