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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by lbrito on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:40AM (#49728746)
Are people really this nonchalant about giving away their private whatsapp conversations to the likes of Anthropic and Openai?
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by robertclaus on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:52AM (#49728915)
I'm much more concerned about the odds that this tool is vibe coded and will leak the conversations everywhere other than the LLM agent I've already vetted.
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by addag on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:57AM (#49729018)
Oh gosh, if only it was just the whatsapp chats...
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by dpoloncsak on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:42AM (#49728773)
This can be used locally, no?
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by testycool on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:44AM (#49728801)
And you typically use them for business, not on private accounts.
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by lbrito on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:59AM (#49729037)
Most of the use cases in the page are personal, like Family Group, Sports Group and so on.

"Pick members and send them a personal direct message".

Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by fabian_shipamax on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:46AM (#49728831)
It’s a cloud product
Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by dpoloncsak on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:56AM (#49729001)
Sorry, I may has misphrased what I meant. Can I use this with a local model? Or is it locked to Claude