alt Hacker NewsAre we talking about the article? Because no, it’s not. The issue at hand is that WhatsApp’s docs pages contained hidden text, presumably for instructing external chatbots reading the page after conducting a web search. The issue is not with WhatsApp’s own AI agents
Did you read the article? WhatsApp are claiming that’s steering their own agent is exactly who it is for. And they removed that when they found a better way to steer it.
You can decide you don’t believe that but it’s in the article so acting like it’s not a topic of discussion is on you.