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Meta Says Its AI's New Incognito Mode Is So Private Even Meta Can't See Your Chats
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Meta Says Its AI's New Incognito Mode Is So Private Even Meta Can't See Your Chats

CNET · May 13, 2026, 9:36 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Meta is introducing a new private mode for its AI chatbot and says it's so private that not even the company will be able to see what you talk about.
  • Other chatbots, including Google's Gemini and Open AI's Chat GPT, have private modes.
  • "Your messages are processed in a secure environment that even Meta cannot access.

Meta is introducing a new private mode for its AI chatbot and says it's so private that not even the company will be able to see what you talk about. You'll be able to create these private chats in Whats App or the standalone Meta AI app as the feature rolls out in the coming months, Meta said Wednesday.

Other chatbots, including Google's Gemini and Open AI's Chat GPT, have private modes. But those are temporary chats, which disappear after a certain number of hours, and they're still viewable by the company that runs the chatbot. Meta says that this won't be the case for its incognito mode.

"Your messages are processed in a secure environment that even Meta cannot access. Your conversations are not saved, and by default, your messages disappear -- giving you space to ask questions and explore ideas without anyone watching," the company wrote on Wednesday in a blog post.

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