As Meta’s first-ever generative AI conference gets underway, the company is also previewing a significant update on its plans to bring AI features to WhatsApp chats. Buried in its LlamaCon updates, the company shared that it’s working on something called “Private Processing,

Meta said in a blog post that its Advanced Chat Privacy is a toggle setting that opts chats out of AI features and also keeps chats from being downloadable or from making media auto-downloadable to devices. The blog post does not specifically mention Meta AI. The blog post reads in part:

WhatsApp's AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats. But experts still see risks.