A few weeks after users began noticing that the familiar blue circle for Meta AI was appearing in the messaging app WhatsApp, a new feature is rolling out to keep chats from the company's AI features.

Users are raising concerns about Meta’s latest feature rollout on WhatsApp—an AI assistant that cannot be removed or disabled, BBC reported.The assistant, identified by a blue circle

AI and privacy expert Dr Kris Shrishak offered sharper criticism, alleging Meta is leveraging its vast user base to test AI products and gather data. He argued that Meta’s AI development process involved “privacy violations by design” through the use of scraped online content, including pirated books.