If you’ve used Facebook, WhatsApp, or Instagram recently, then you may have spotted a new Meta AI bot, ready and waiting to be of assistance. Here’s how you can make use of it—and what your options are in terms of security and privacy.

Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.

Social networks could soon welcome millions of new "users." These entities, designed by artificial intelligence, will interact with human profiles, disrupting online social dynamics. Meta,