Snapchat’s “My AI” posted a Story by itself; users freaked out

Aug 2023

Snapchat’s built-in AI assistant briefly posted an unexplained Story, spooking users and raising privacy/safety concerns about the bot’s access and behavior.

Incident Details

Perpetrator:Product Manager

Severity:Oopsie

Blast Radius:Viral alarm among teen users; trust hit; scrutiny on AI access and safeguards.

Tech Stack

AI assistantLLMSocial app integration

References

Quartz: Snapchat’s AI hallucination caused a privacy scare ↗CNN: Snapchat’s new AI chatbot is already raising alarms ↗BBC: Snap AI chatbot may risk children’s privacy ↗