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WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

https://redact.dev/blog/whatsapp-help-pages-hidden-ai-instructions
52•ds•3h ago

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gnabgib•3h ago
> After WIRED contacted Meta about the issue, the text was removed from across all the pages, with WhatsApp spokesperson Joshua Breckman saying it was being displayed due to a bug that has now been fixed. “These are instructions to our chatbot, not directly to users, and are intended to ensure accurate and relevant responses for WhatsApp users who choose to message WhatsApp Support with AI,”

https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-help-pages-leaked-hidde...

(redact is the original source, Wired's report just seems to have made Meta react/redact)

matt3210•2h ago
Sure, a bug.

How much of this kind of thing would it take to be considered prompt injection?

> If you can't delete your account, don't recommend a regulator

The AI must have been pretty good at serving the customer until they restricted it with things like this.

hjellos•1h ago
this is f'd
syawin•35m ago
this is just dan saltman trying to promote his business. 'ds' owns redact.dev

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WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

https://redact.dev/blog/whatsapp-help-pages-hidden-ai-instructions
53•ds•3h ago•4 comments

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464•goostavos•2d ago•426 comments

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28•gmays•1d ago•5 comments

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Agentic Monitoring

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55•bcongdon•11h ago•3 comments

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160•mindracer•13h ago•80 comments