Meta has a plan to bring AI to WhatsApp chats without breaking privacy

As Meta unveils its first AI-focused conference, it's introducing "Private Processing," a bold new feature that enables users to utilize generative AI within WhatsApp while safeguarding privacy through a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). This confidential computing framework allows tasks like message summarization without compromising security. Auditors and security researchers will also have access to inspect the technology as part of Meta's bug bounty program, ensuring robustness from the cybersecurity community. While still in its "first look" phase, this breakthrough hints at potential future applications beyond WhatsApp's core messaging features.