Meta Pulls Invasive AI Prompts After Mother Reveals Feature Scraping Family Data
Meta has disabled a feature in its AI tool that generated invasive prompts revealing personal information about users and their children. The change follows a viral video by blogger Kalie Robins, who demonstrated how the AI compiled private details from her social media history. While Meta stated the issue was fixed, Robins remains concerned about the broader implications of AI aggregating data on minors.
- ▪Meta AI previously suggested prompts that allowed users to extract private details, such as locations and identities, from other users' posts.
- ▪Parenting blogger Kalie Robins went viral after showing how the AI pieced together information about her daughter from separate, innocent posts.
- ▪Meta admitted the feature missed the mark and confirmed it has stopped suggesting inappropriate personal questions.
- ▪Robins criticized Meta's response for lacking specific details on new safeguards and noted that the company has not directly apologized to her.
- ▪Meta denied accessing a deleted photo, attributing the visibility to a temporary bug rather than a failure to respect deletion requests.
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Tech > Services & Software > AI Meta Pulls Invasive AI Prompts After Mother Reveals Feature Scraping Family Data An innocent video on Instagram has gone viral and triggered a major privacy scare. Omar Gallaga Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and the Austin American-Statesman, where he was a longtime tech reporter, editor and podcaster.… Read full bio Omar Gallaga Read full bio September 12, 2026, 12:31 pm ET 3 min read Meta said it missed the mark on some Meta AI features after a viral video sparked parental outrage.
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