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📱 A lawsuit claims Meta can access WhatsApp messages, violating privacy An international group of plaintiffs has filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of misleading users about the privacy of WhatsApp. According to the lawsuit, despite claims of end-to-end encryption, Meta allegedly stores, analyzes, and can access users’ private messages. The plaintiffs cite whistleblowers but do not disclose their identities. ❌ Meta has rejected the allegations, calling the lawsuit baseless and a “fabrication.” The company says WhatsApp has used end-to-end encryption based on the Signal protocol for over ten years and has vowed to seek sanctions against the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Tomorrow we’re hosting a town hall for AI builders at OpenAI. We want feedback as we start building a new generation of tools. This is an experiment and a first pass at a new format — we’ll livestream the discussion on YouTube at 4 pm PT. Reply here with questions and we’ll answer as many as we can!