{"id":3122084,"date":"2026-05-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3122084"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:05:05","slug":"whatsapp-adds-an-incognito-mode-in-meta-ai-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/13\/whatsapp-adds-an-incognito-mode-in-meta-ai-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta on Wednesday said it is adding the ability to start &#8220;incognito&#8221; conversations with its Meta AI chatbot within WhatsApp. These conversations, the company said, will be processed in a secure environment and can&#8217;t be seen by anyone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users can start an incognito session by tapping on a new icon in one-on-one chats with Meta AI. 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Last year, it detailed its private processing infrastructure that would let it build AI features without <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2025\/04\/29\/security\/whatsapp-private-processing-ai-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">breaking end-to-end encryption<\/a>. Since then, WhatsApp has added features like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/06\/25\/meta-is-adding-ai-powered-summaries-to-whatsapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-powered summaries of messages<\/a> that use this architecture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jw-player-inline-promo wp-block-techcrunch-jw-player-embed\">\n\t<script>\n\t\/* JW Player inline promo A\/B test \u2014 runs at parse time before the player library loads *\/\n\t(function() {\n\n\t\tconst bucket = window?.jwPlayerPromoBucket;\n\n\t\tif ( bucket === 'hide' ) {\n\t\t\tconst el = document.currentScript.parentNode;\n\t\t\tif ( el.classList.contains( 'jw-player-inline-promo' ) ) {\n\t\t\t\tel.remove();\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t})();\n\t<\/script>\n\t<div id=\"jwplayer_6a29367636198\"><\/div>\n\t<script class=\"tcembed-script tcembed-script\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/0NX4vsNk.js\"><\/script>\n\t<script>\n\t\tvar playerInstance_jwplayer_6a29367636198 = jwplayer( \"jwplayer_6a29367636198\" );\n\t\tplayerInstance_jwplayer_6a29367636198.setup({\n\t\t\tplaylist: \"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/E1nvf5Yu\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newton-Rex said Meta used smaller models to power its previous features, but the new incognito chat uses its <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/08\/meta-debuts-the-muse-spark-model-in-a-ground-up-overhaul-of-its-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest Muse Spark model<\/a>, which was released last month.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is already working on its next feature that taps its private processing infrastructure. 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