turn off audio messaging
Running iOS 17.3 on iphone 14.
Audio messaging is on for all apps - Messenger, WhatsApp. the audiowaves icon is on the top in the bar beside the clock. See pic. I'm not sure when this showed up - most likely one of the iOS 17 updates as this is new in the bar! It records voice to text automatically even while I'm typing a new message! It will audio record anythime I talk while the cursor is in the text bar. It's extremely frustrating.
iPhone 8 Plus