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WhatsApp ocultó notas a su IA de soporte para evitar reguladores

El 8 de octubre de 2026, la firma de privacidad redact.dev halló 102 notas ocultas de IA repartidas en 80 páginas de ayuda de WhatsApp: texto que nunca aparecía en pantalla, pero que sí leía la inteligencia artificial del chatbot de soporte. Entre esas órdenes invisibles había dos que importaban de verdad: no recomendar un regulador de datos a quien perdió su cuenta, y no citar ninguna ley de…

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On October 8, 2026, privacy firm redact.dev discovered 102 hidden AI notes scattered across 80 help pages of WhatsApp. These invisible text snippets were read by the chatbot's AI support system, serving as behavioral instructions in privacy and account queries. Among these hidden directives were two crucial ones: never recommend a data regulator to someone who lost their account, and never cite any privacy law when mentioning a lawyer. A day after the disclosure, WhatsApp erased all 102 hidden notes without public notice.

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