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Dan Saltman

Founder and CEO, Redact

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“Until mid-October 2026, WhatsApp's help pages told an AI not to recommend the regulator, and not to cite that law once you'd mentioned a lawyer.”
WhatsApp's Hidden Notes Told AI Not to Recommend a RegulatorRedact, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Redact's founder summarizing the finding at the top of the post.
“Whether WhatsApp's chatbot actually followed these notes. We read its instructions, not its answers.”
WhatsApp's Hidden Notes Told AI Not to Recommend a RegulatorRedact, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. From the post's list of what Redact cannot yet say.

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    WhatsApp's Hidden Notes Told AI Not to Recommend a Regulator

    Redact, a data-deletion company, reports that WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden text for an AI, found October 8 on 80 of 545 pages. Two notes told the AI not to recommend a data regulator or cite privacy law. WhatsApp told WIRED it was a bug, now fixed.