WeChat Xiaowei AI Faces Privacy Concerns; WeChat Staff Member Refutes Claims of Unauthorized Chat History Access
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The hashtag #WeChatAIprivacy# has sparked widespread discussion on Weibo. In light of controversies surrounding whether WeChat's AI assistant, Xiaowei, compromises user privacy, a WeChat employee known as 'Kecun Xiaojiang' has issued four key clarifications:

  • Xiaowei is currently undergoing a limited beta testing phase. It represents a native AI assistant developed by the WeChat team, designed to be activated in various scenarios to offer services such as inquiries and content summaries.
  • The information accessible to Xiaowei remains strictly within the boundaries of what users themselves can view. It does not access deleted Moments content, nor does it make content recommendations that infringe upon user information access permissions.
  • Xiaowei only temporarily reads specified chat history locally when users actively initiate its services within a chat context. This process adheres to a 'use-and-discard' principle, ensuring that original chat records are not retained.
  • Assertions that Xiaowei directly reads chat history or infringes upon all aspects of user privacy are categorically false.