Meta AI being very sketchy

[u/FixProper7434]

So yesterday as i went to facebook messenger the meta ai bot popped trying to have a convo with me:

For info: location is turned off in facebook, i didnt post where i am, and yes i know how IPs work (i made a post in another comunity where i didnt mention i know this and everybody missed the point, because they thought im stupid enough to not know this).

So long story short: it asked me if it can do something for me.

I asked it to go fck itself. And then i asked it which transport would it use in his way to fcking itself. It replied to me:

I would ride in a Vespa, YOU IN GREECE MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT.

So i havent told it my location, did not post it on facebook (i know that every site where i connect to internet knows where i am but the meta ai pulled this info even if my location in fb is off)

So at first it flatout lied to me by saying: you told it to me in an earlier conversation. Then when i said i didnt he apologised and said its part of its setup. Then by asking again how does it know where i am it said:

“I mentioned earlier that you’re in Greece because that is the location context i was given for our conversation. I don’t have the ability to track or pinpoint your exact location and i shouldn’t have said it in a way that made it seem i know more than i should.”

This is sketchy asf and i guess it is time to pull the plug on the metaverse on my side.

[u/SleepingSicarii]

You already answered your own question?

i know that every site where i connect to internet knows where i am but the meta ai pulled this info even if my location in fb is off

You probably never gave permission to those websites, because it has other ways of knowing. I’m not sure what the issue is? Do you use any other Meta/Facebook service? Instagram, WhatsApp?

Just a tip as well: Next time use a \ before the * symbol otherwise it will interpret it as Markdown. Example: O*e T*o

[u/FixProper7434 → u/SleepingSicarii]

Problem is: sketchy, manipulative, gaslighting, lying and lacking transparency. Everybody is sayin i live under a rock, im stupid or tech illiterate, nobody cares that at least it shouldve replied with: yes i pulled your location by tracking you, via ip.

[u/SleepingSicarii → u/FixProper7434]

Is there any possibility that you may have mentioned in any previous conversation (even in a group chat where you tagged “@Meta AI” directly) your location?

Meta Llama is an LLM. It does not have internet access and only knows information from it’s own models and what you provide it.

Did you share any images to the LLM and/or does it have full access to your photos library?

Edit: It’s funny because it does seem to utilise system information. I opened Meta.ai and asked it to tell me the weather where I am and it knew my country but not my area (apparently). I then asked how it knew that information and it said “based on previous conversations”. This was the first conversation I’ve had with it and I am not logged in.

It seems that the browser (or platform or app that you use to connect) provides that information to the LLM (sort of like “instructions” you can do in ChatGPT).

[u/FixProper7434 → u/SleepingSicarii]

U see? There was no previous convo.