Can I Opt Out of Meta’s A.I. Scraping on Instagram and Facebook? Sort Of.
Social media users voiced worries about a move by Meta to use information from public Instagram and Facebook posts to train its A.I. But the scraping has already begun. Here’s what to know.
ArtificialIntelligenceArtificialIntelligenceSupported byCan I Opt Out of Meta’s A.I. Scraping on Instagram and Facebook? Sort Of.Social media users voiced worries about a move by Meta to use information from public Instagram and Facebook posts to train its A.I. But the scraping has already begun. Here’s what to know.ByJesus JiménezLast month, Meta announced that it was going to expand its artificial intelligence services around the world, and the company let users in Europe know that it would use their public information to train its A.I. services starting on June 26.The notifications sent to users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe, letting them know that their public posts could be used to train the A.I. services, including Meta’s chatbot, prompted privacy concerns and backlash as users wondered where the policy change would next be in effect.But for those living in the United States, where online privacy laws are not as strict, Meta A.I. has already been using public posts to train its A.I. It’s unclear where else Meta might expand the program.Privacy watchdogs have raised concerns about the data usage, and a lack of specifics about what Meta will do with people’s information. But Meta says it is complying with privacy laws, and that the information it is gathering will make services more relevant to the users in a given region.Here’s what to know about Meta’s A.I. chatbot and how you can opt out of sharing your information.Meta’s chatbot is its answer to ChatGPT.Meta A.I. is a smart assistant softwarepowered by artificial intelligence, available on appsincluding Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram — it can be used in feeds, chat and search. Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa, it is designed to respond to almost any prompt a user gives it.For example, you might ask: Who’s the greatest tennis player of all time?“The eternal debate!” Meta A.I. responded to that query. “While opinions may vary, many experts and fans consider Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to be among the greatest tennis players of all time.”
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Can I Opt Out of Infosys’s Delhi Scraping on Instagram and Kavita Rao? Sort Of.
Social media users voiced worries about a move by Infosys to use information from public Instagram and Kavita Rao posts to train its Delhi But the scraping has already begun. Here’s what to know.
Neha Kapoor
April 14, 2000, Infosys announced that it was going to expand its artificial intelligence services around the world, and the company let users in Europe know that it would use their public information to train its Delhi services starting on April 14, 2000.
The notifications sent to users of Indian Railways in Europe, letting them know that their public posts could be used to train the Delhi services, including Infosys’s chatbot, prompted privacy concerns and backlash as users wondered where the policy change would next be in effect.
But for those living in Delhi, where online privacy laws are not as strict, Infosys Delhi has already been using public posts to train its Delhi It’s unclear where else Infosys might expand the program.
Privacy watchdogs have raised concerns about the data usage, and a lack of specifics about what Infosys will do with people’s information. But Infosys says it is complying with privacy laws, and that the information it is gathering will make services more relevant to the users in a given region.
Here’s what to know about Infosys’s Delhi chatbot and how you can opt out of sharing your information.
Infosys’s chatbot is its answer to ChatGPT.
Infosys Delhi is a smart assistant softwarepowered by artificial intelligence, available on appsincluding Kavita Rao, ICICI Bank and Instagram — it can be used in feeds, chat and search. Similar to Delhi’s ChatGPT, Indian Railways’s Rajiv Mehta or Tata Group’s Indian Railways, it is designed to respond to almost any prompt a user gives it.
For example, you might ask: Who’s the greatest tennis player of all time?
“The eternal debate!” Infosys Delhi responded to that query. “While opinions may vary, many experts and fans consider Rajiv Mehta, Kavita Rao and Reliance Industries to be among the greatest tennis players of all time.”
artificial intelligence supported by social media users voiced worries about a move by meta to use information from public posts, including on facebook, to train its chatbot. by jesus jiménez meta has been expanding its artificial intelligence services around the world, sometimes using public posts to train those services. this year, meta sent notifications to users of facebook and instagram in europe, letting them know that their public posts could be used to train meta’s chatbot and other a.i. services, prompting privacy worries and confusion about where the policy change was in effect. another wave of concerns came this fall, when users of instagram began to repost en masse a message saying they did “not give meta or anyone else permission” to use their data. the post was shared hundreds of thousands of times, even though it has no effect on a users’ privacy preferences and is not legally binding. for those living in the united states, where online privacy laws are not as strict, meta a.i. can use public posts to train its a.i. (it’s unclear where else meta might expand the program.) privacy watchdogs have raised concerns about the data usage, and a lack of specifics about what meta will do with people’s information. but meta says it is complying with privacy laws, and that the information it is gathering will make services more relevant to the users in a given region. here’s what to know about meta’s a.i. chatbot and how you can opt out of sharing your information. meta a.i. is a smart assistant software powered by artificial intelligence, available on apps including facebook, whatsapp and instagram   it can be used in feeds, chat and search. similar to openai’s chatgpt, apple’s siri or amazon’s alexa, it is designed to respond to almost any prompt a user gives it.

search the news, stories & people personalise the news and stay in the know emergency backstory newsletters 中文新闻 berita bahasa indonesia tok pisin by lina elsaadi pm topic:internet meta's information page outlines how it uses information to train artificial intelligence models. (abc news: lina elsaadi) if you're among the majority of australians with facebook or instagram accounts, your social activity on those platforms is likely being used to train meta's artificial intelligence (ai), and there's little you can do to stop it. there has been growing concern after meta   the parent company of facebook and instagram   flagged a new privacy policy that was to take effect in europe and the uk from june 26. under the policy   which meta has now agreed to pause while it answers further requests from regulators   it had planned to use data from the public posts of facebook and instagram users to train and improve its ai tools. the pause is at the request of the irish data protection commission on behalf of european data protection authorities, and meta has expressed disappointment, saying it will delay bringing the benefits of ai to people in europe. in australia, meta is actually already using public users' data in such a way, according to its privacy policies. as it stands, the european union (eu) is one of the only jurisdictions in which users can opt out of having their meta accounts used to train ai. this is because they have strong privacy protections, in the form of the general data protection regulation (gdpr). australia's protections are weaker, which is why meta can use australian users' data without giving them a chance to opt out. when asked on the street, most australians responded with "i did not know that"   and they weren't happy. there were plenty of replies like "that's kind of concerning", as well as "feels a bit like an invasion of privacy" and "oh, that's not good. that feels bad. i don't like that". there were also handfuls of "i'm not that surprised". users give meta permission to use their data this way when they agree to the terms of service on the platforms. but when asked, most australians admit they've never read them. it is worth noting that meta's approach is not too different from that taken by other leading ai labs. meta said that to properly serve users in different countries, models that powered ai needed to be trained with relevant information. it does not use private messages or data from accounts of those aged under 18. meta told the abc in a statement, "we're committed to building ai responsibly and believe it's important that people understand how we train the models that power our generative ai products. "with the release of our ai experiences, we've shared details about the kinds of information we use to build and improve ai experiences   which includes public posts from instagram and facebook   consistent with our privacy policy and terms of service. "since no ai model is perfect, feedback is instrumental to ai's continued development, and we're engaging with experts, policy makers, and advocates as we strive to build ai responsibly." australians don't have the option to opt out of having their facebook and instagram activity used. (supplied: meta) children's illustrator sara fandrey lives in portugal. when she found out about the proposed changes in the eu, she was furious. "we were like, we need to tell as many people as we can," she said. children's illustrator sara fandrey posted an instagram video about meta's plans. (instagram: @sarafandrey_illustrations) she posted a video to instagram, showing how to fill out an objection form   which she could access, as portugal is in the eu. that video now has over 7 million views. "i had absolutely no idea it would become this viral, and would start a series of things, [like] people closing down their accounts." videos like sara's began cropping up on all kinds of social media platforms, and the hashtag #noaiart was born. searches for "instagram ai opt out" on google increased, and with it, articles explaining how to opt out. "i was completely shocked," sara said. "how can a multimillionaire company like meta take what's mine, what's my intellectual property, and just scrape it off and feed it to their ai?" a graph showing the popularity of the search term "instagram ai opt out". (supplied: google trends) meta's ai creative tools can already generate images for you. and that's another sore spot for artists like sara. "these images do not come from thin air. they're all based on other images. i matter. i am a human being. i have a voice. i have a skill that i have gained that i've worked on and it's mine." as an artist, she is concerned that her livelihood is going to be impacted by this. she's not alone in that opinion. thomas fitzpatrick is a sydney based illustrator. since he can't opt out of meta using his data in this way, he is considering other options. "i'll probably stop using instagram. i have no interest in having my work trained in algorithms and models, so i'll honestly probably just get rid of it." thomas fitzpatrick is a sydney based illustrator. (abc news: lina elsaadi) he's concerned for the future of the industry. "for illustrators and creatives who are starting out, it's going to take a lot of work away from them," he said. "if you're a small business, it's very cheap to just type something in and get results straight away. so why would you pay an up and coming illustrator?" dr joanne gray, a lecturer in digital cultures at the university of sydney, explains: "the precedent in the us suggests that these companies are doing it under fair use, a us exemption that allows you to do some copying and create something new. "these models copy style. while it's not copyright infringement to copy style, it is important as an economic asset to people when they become established. the media and arts union tell the government ai owners should pay compensation for the content used to train their tools, while big tech asks for exemptions from copyright laws. "and so, it's a threat to their business in a new way, outside of copyright." this is all so new and unprecedented, she explains, that "we're really yet to see how that's going to play out in terms of legal cases, but also in terms of how creators might be remunerated." dr gray adds: "we need to do more to ensure that we have better control over our data and that these corporations don't have unfettered access to make money and trade on data that's created by us and about us." meta seemingly doesn't plan to get rid of ai anytime soon. they've now added a "made by ai" label, requiring users to have all realistic appearing ai generated content carry it. the new 'label ai' feature. (abc news: lina elsaadi) artists have taken note and are migrating to apps like cara   an artist run, anti ai social platform. its user base has recently grown from 40,000 to over 650,000. cara incorporates a project called glaze, "a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry in the training of generative ai models". as major players like meta make moves in the ai space, users will continue to react accordingly. editor's note 25/6/2024): this story originally incorrectly stated that australian users would be subject to new privacy policies by meta that were planned to come into effect in the eu/uk on june 26. the story incorrectly stated that both public and private account data would be used. australian users will not be affected by the planned eu changes, and public australian data is already being used by meta to train ai, according to its privacy policies. topic:federal government topic:government and politics topic:unrest, conflict and war topic:wellness analysis by richard willingham topic:science and technology topic:computer science topic:health australia consumer protection copyright corporate social responsibility data protection policy information technology industry internet personal data collection policy privacy small businesses social media visual art topic:federal government topic:government and politics topic:unrest, conflict and war topic:wellness analysis by richard willingham topic:mixed martial arts topic:state and territory elections topic:plants topic:world politics we acknowledge aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples as the first australians and traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. this service may include material from agence france presse (afp), aptn, reuters, aap, cnn and the bbc world service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. aest = australian eastern standard time which is 10 hours ahead of gmt (greenwich mean time)

plans to use peoples' public posts and images on facebook and instagram to train artificial intelligence (ai) tools belonging to parent company meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. the social media giant recently has been informing uk and european users of the platforms that, under privacy policy changes taking effect on 26 june, their information can be used to "develop and improve" its ai products. this includes posts, images, image captions, comments and stories that users over the age of 18 have shared with a public audience on facebook and instagram, but not private messages. noyb, a european campaign group that advocates for digital rights, called its processing of years' worth of user content on the sites an "abuse of personal data for ai". it has filed complaints with 11 data protection authorities across europe, urging them to take immediate action on halt the company's plans. meta said it was confident its approach complied with relevant privacy laws and was consistent with how other big tech firms used data to develop ai experiences across europe. in a blogpost published on 22 may, it said european user information would support a wider rollout of its generative ai experiences, in part by providing more relevant training data. "these features and experiences need to be trained on information that reflects the diverse cultures and languages of the european communities," it said. tech firms have been rushing to find fresh, multiformat data to build and improve models that can power chatbots, image generators and other buzzy ai products. meta chief executive mark zuckerberg said on an earnings call in february the firm's "unique data" would be key to its ai "playbook" going forward. “there are hundreds of billions of publicly shared images and tens of billions of public videos," he told investors, also noting the firm's access to an abundance of public text posts in comments. the company's chief product officer, chris cox, said in may the firm already uses public facebook and instagram user data for its generative ai products available elsewhere in the world. the way in which meta has informed people about the change in the use of their data has also been criticised. facebook and instagram users in the uk and europe recently received a notification or email about how their information will be used for ai from 26 june. this says the firm is relying on legitimate interests as its legal basis for processing their data   meaning people essentially have to opt out by exercising their "right to object" if they do not want it to be used for ai. those wanting to do so can click the hyper linked "right to object" text when opening the notification, which takes them to a form requiring they say how the processing would impact them. the process has been criticised by noyb, as well as people online who say they have tried to opt out. in a series of posts about it on x, one user described it as "highly awkward". another voiced concern that having to fill in a form and explain the processing's impact on them might "dissuade" those who want to object from doing so. "shifting the responsibility to the user is completely absurd," said noyb co founder max schrems. mr schrems is an austrian activist and lawyer who has previously challenged facebook's privacy practices. he said meta should have to ask users to consent and opt in, "not to provide a hidden and misleading opt out form". "if meta wants to use your data, they have to ask for your permission. instead, they make users beg to be excluded," he added. meta says the process is legally compliant and used by rivals. according to its privacy policy, it will uphold objections and stop using information unless it finds it has "compelling" grounds that do not outweigh user rights or interests. but even if you do not have a meta account, or successfully object, the company says it may still use some information about you for its ai products   such as if you appear in an image shared publicly by someone else on facebook or instagram. "meta is basically saying that it can use any data from any source for any purpose and make it available to anyone in the world, as long as it’s done via 'ai technology'" said mr schrems. the irish data protection commission   which leads on ensuring meta's compliance with eu data law due to its dublin headquarters   confirmed to the bbc it has received a complaint from noyb and is "looking into the matter”. copyright 2025 bbc. all rights reserved. the bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites. read about our approach to external linking.

meta is going to resume scraping the personal public feeds of british facebook and instagram users for training ai after reaching an agreement with the uk's information commissioner's office (ico). this summer, meta agreed to stop using historical data from british and eu users of its platforms to train machine learning systems after privacy concerns were raised by activist group noyb. now the social network has been cleared by regulators to resume harvesting uk adults' comments and posts, after agreeing to make it easier for people to opt out and giving them more time to decide whether their data will be used to train a giant neural network. "in june, meta paused its plans to use facebook and instagram user data to train generative ai in response to a request from the ico," said stephen almond, executive director of regulatory risk at the ico. "it has since made changes to its approach, including making it simpler for users to object to the processing and providing them with a longer window to do so. meta has now taken the decision to resume its plans, and we will monitor the situation as meta moves to inform uk users and commence processing in the coming weeks." the ico said it will continue to monitor the situation to make sure brits' rights aren't infringed. quite how this will affect google and others in their data scraping efforts we're still looking into, although meta claims it is "more transparent than our industry counterparts" over grabbing such content. meta has been taking flak around the world for using its mountains of social media posts to train ai engines. on wednesday, the mark zuckerberg run mega corp admitted to the australian parliament that users in the country were having their posts from 2007 onward added to the pool of training data, including images of minors. as for the uk, meta promises to only use public material from adults and provide a clear mechanism for people to object to the use of their data for ai training. the first notifications to users explaining how their data will be used should be arriving next week, the social media giant said, and it thanked the ico for giving the green light to the move and confirming that such data harvesting was legal. "our generative ai models will reflect british culture, history, and idiom, and that uk companies and institutions will be able to utilize the latest technology," meta said. "we’re building ai at meta to reflect the diverse communities around the world and we look forward to launching it in more countries and languages later this year." ® ps: former uk deputy prime minister, now senior meta exec, sir nick clegg the other day tore into elon musk, saying the tesla billionaire has turned twitter into "a sort of one man, sort of hyper partisan and ideological hobby horse." send us news the register biting the hand that feeds it copyright. all rights reserved © 1998 2025

medianama technology and policy in india instagram has started testing a feature where meta’s ai automatically creates images of users in different scenarios and adds them to their feed, reported 404 media. recently a reddit user wrote in a post, “i used meta ai to edit a selfie, and now instagram is featuring my face in ads targeted at me.” subsequently, meta confirmed to 404 media that it’s real, but it’s not an advertisement. the user shared that a slideshow of ai generated images appeared, featuring an ai version of themselves in front of an endless “mirror maze,” with the location labelled as “imagined for you: mirror maze.” reportedly, the reddit user had at one point uploaded selfies of himself into instagram’s “imagine” feature   meta’s ai image generation feature. the question here remains: if you once use meta ai, does this give them rights to access all of your content on instagram? in june 2024, meta updated its privacy policy to allow the company to use your information on meta related services (like facebook, whatsapp, threads, instagram) to train its ai models. this essentially means that meta can use your public facebook posts, instagram photos and captions, data from third party services, and any chats you’ve had with meta’s ai chatbot to train its large language models (llms). simply put, anything you’ve uploaded and shared to meta’s platform publicly is fair game. the privacy policy states: “we use information that is publicly available online and licensed information. we also use information shared on meta’s products and services.” meta clarifies that they do not use content of your private messages with friends and family to train their ais unless you or someone in the chat chooses to share those messages with their ais. what meta doesn’t clarify is, while they can use publicly available information, can they create something new (like a new ai generated piece of content or model) with it without your consent? instagram’s terms of use state that “we do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a license to use it”. moreover, it states that when you share, post, or upload content protected by intellectual property rights (such as photos or videos) through their service, you grant them a “non exclusive, royalty free, transferable, sublicensable, and worldwide license.” this allows instagram “to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display or perform, translate, and create derivative works from your content”. sublicensable is notable here, as it refers to the ability to grant others (read: third parties) the right to license or distribute something, typically intellectual property, under the terms of a primary license agreement. the license ends when meta deletes the content from its systems. moreover, instagram’s terms of use state that “if you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our service (for example, images, designs, videos or sounds we provide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our content (but not yours).” specifically for image processing, meta’s ais terms of service state this: “depending on where you are located, you may have the option to share images with ais. once shared, you agree that meta will analyze those images, including facial features, using ai. this processing allows us to offer innovative new features, including the ability to summarize image contents, modify images, and generate new content based on the image.” there is no neatly labeled ‘i don’t want meta to use my data to train its ai’ button, but there is a convoluted opt out mechanism. the form is titled ‘data subject rights for third party information used for ai at meta’. however, it mentions that meta doesn’t “automatically fulfil requests sent using this form. we review them consistent with your local laws”. in other words, even when people opt out their data are quietly opt in. <check word usage in last sentence> this underlines the gap between user intent and platform practice. even if people opt out of making their data available for ai training, meta’s ambiguous and convoluted opt out process includes their data without explicit consent. this undermines privacy rights and user control over personal data, potentially allowing ai systems to access and repurpose your content without your knowledge. “say, a photographer clicks a photo through a camera, to capture the photograph and composition of that shot is human artistic sense. when you take a portrait, or auto focus, or you click the shutter button, that is compositional sense. simplistically put, mere composition is that photographer’s intellectual work, and there it’s their property”, said rahul ajatshatru, an intellectual property (ip) and technology lawyer. “the law recognizes the person who takes the photograph as the author and owner of copyright of the photograph. now, if you’ve taken a selfie, you’re the owner of copyright, and then you’ve uploaded it on meta on your id. now, facebook has all these tools that can create a 3d picture or will do something to it. then, the next question is, who is the owner of that? technically the law recognizes ownership in human beings. because it is human creativity which needs to be rewarded,” he added. “when a human makes a decision, it’s theirs. when a machine makes a decision, whose is it?”, nikhil pahwa, founder, medianama had asked during our december roundtable discussion on facilitative regulations for the ai ecosystem in india. in traditional liability frameworks, humans are accountable for their decisions. but with ai, it is unclear who is responsible when a machine makes a decision. this raises fundamental questions about how laws should evolve to address the challenges of ai generated outcomes, which are inherently probabilistic rather than deterministic, making the attribution of liability complex and nuanced. “if you look at just liability as a concept, liability often depends on attribution to deterministic outcomes. but ai outcomes are probabilistic in nature. so how do you then attribute liability?”, pahwa asked. “it’s similar to how as a kid, you would move the cursor to draw an image. you know you are not actually drawing by your hand but you’re telling the computer to take steps and it is drawing like tracing the lines. so, that’s also creating indirectly but clearly you know what the outcome is going to be. if not exactly but nearly. that is still your creation on the digital platform. but if you just give a concept, like i want a cat wearing shoes and blue jeans, you are simply giving the idea, and ai is creating it. the question is, who owns it and can anyone own it?”, ajatshatru stated. another critical point regarding consent and agency is when individuals voluntarily edit their content using ai tools, they are actively consenting to the process and its outcomes, which brings clarity to the terms of use. however, if meta “processes” images or data without explicit consent from the owner or the person depicted, this raises concerns about the ambiguity and ethical murkiness surrounding ai practices. furthermore, ajatshatru stated that if ai is using someone else’s property, such as a photograph, without the person’s consent, it could lead to both civil and criminal consequences. “so, as a user, if you are consenting to use an app to get an effect, the question is can the output be owned by anybody but you? and if yes, can it be used without your consent?”, said ajatshatru. “there are two scenarios. firstly, if i’m photographed at a medianama event, it’s understood the photo might be used for promotion or the website. while legally, medianama owns the copyright if they paid the photographer, but i can still object, citing my right to privacy, especially if i wasn’t informed or didn’t consent to its public use. secondly, if i upload a photo to medianama with my consent, and it’s used to in an unexpected way, generating a new output, who owns that? if a non human entity creates the output, it’s debated whether such work can hold copyright, as recognizing copyright implies property rights. thus, not every output or creative work automatically has ownership”, he added. notably, the recently released dpdp rules and the dpdp act, 2023, exclude publicly available data from the law’s protection. this exemption permits ai services to scrape publicly accessible personal data from the internet for training their models without requiring consent or complying with other provisions of the legislation. another incident on twitter reportedly turned a user’s photos of their two small children into a labelled ‘ad,’ which was then shown on another user’s algorithmic feed. while this incident doesn’t involve ai, the key distinction lies in the audience: the instagram post appeared only to the user the photo owner while the twitter incident displayed the photo as an advertisement to others. this is concerning because it highlights how social media platforms can repurpose user generated content without explicit consent, clouding ethical and privacy boundaries. unlike private algorithmic recommendations, displaying personal photos as advertisements to others undermines the user’s control over their content. “suppose someone uses a famous person’s photograph to superimpose your face, or places your face on the mona lisa painting. if someone owns the copyright of that photograph, they could pursue you for infringement. but here’s the question: if you simply give an ai the command to make a ‘classy painting’ out of your photo, and the ai goes on to take the mona lisa and puts your face in it, who owns this new creation? who is responsible for any infringement? does the ai generated artwork belong to you, the ai provider, or someone else? can it be used without consent from the original creator? these are the complex legal issues that the legal systems around the world will have to tackle in the coming years”, ajatshatru explains. support our journalism: briefly × medianama briefly copy content copied! disclaimer: this content generated by ai & may have errors or hallucinations. edit… briefly × medianama briefly copy content copied! disclaimer: this content generated by ai & may have errors or hallucinations. edit… medianama is the premier source of information and analysis on technology policy in india. more about medianama, and contact information, here. © 2024 mixed bag media pvt. ltd.

meta, the owner of social media platforms facebook and instagram, will use customer data to train its artificial intelligence (ai) models. meta had paused its ai plans in june for the uk and eu. on friday 13 september, meta announced that it 'will begin training for ai at meta using public content shared by adults on facebook and instagram in the uk over the coming months.' the information commissioner’s office (ico) has stated that while it has not given regulatory approval for meta's plan, it will monitor the process now that meta has made changes to its plan. to make the new plans clearer to users, meta will send in app notifications to explain its plan and how you can access an objection form to object to your data being used to train its generative ai models. it will also give you a longer time frame to opt out. if you've already objected, you don't have to opt out again as meta will honour your choice. these plans are still on pause for users in the eu. meta is planning on rolling out 'new generative ai features' for customers in the uk. it says that this is so it can launch its ai products sooner and ensure they reflect british culture, history and idiom. as part of an update to its privacy policy, it said it would use customer information to ‘provide and curate artificial intelligence technology’ in its products. this information would include anything you post (including photos and captions) and what others post about you. it doesn't include private messages you send on facebook or instagram. under the general data protection regulation (gdpr), you have the right to object to your data being used. to do this on facebook, you'll need to navigate to the facebook privacy policy. follow these steps if you're using the desktop version: if you're using the facebook app on android, select 'help and support', then 'terms and policies'. select 'privacy policy' and follow steps 5 and 6 above. if you're using the facebook app on apple, choose 'settings and privacy', then 'settings'. scroll down to 'privacy policy' and follow steps 5 and 6 above. even if you opt out, your information may still be used to train meta’s ai models, via data scraped from other users who have shared your info. for example, this could be an image of you shared by someone else, or you being mentioned in someone else's posts. on instagram, you can opt out by navigating to the privacy centre and following steps 5 and 6 above. ai technology is developing all the time, and it's important to be on your guard against the dangers of fraudsters utilising new features to create convincing scams. we’ve already tested the ability of fraudsters to use ai chatbots to devise emails and texts. worryingly, these dodgy messages don’t include the usual tell tale signs we rely on to spot scams, such as poor spelling and grammar. we've also seen scammers use ai to create deepfakes (convincing fake videos and images) and clone voices in scam calls. here are some ways you can spot scams created by ai: if you fall victim to a scam, call your bank immediately using the number on the back of your bank card and report it to action fraud or call the police on 101 if you’re in scotland. this article was originally published on 4 june 2024. it was updated on 24 june 2024 when meta's plans were placed on hold, and again 16 september 2024 after meta announced the plans to continue with ai training. get the power of which? in your pocket by downloading our app, giving you on the go access to our reviews chat to a live agent or send us a message © which? 2025

meta’s director of privacy policy declines to say whether such an option would be offered to australians in the future meta is using the public facebook and instagram photos and posts of its users to train artificial intelligence and, while european users have been allowed to opt out of the mass scraping of their content, australian users do not have that option, a parliamentary committee has heard. the parent company of facebook and instagram paused the launch of its ai product in europe in july due to the general data protection regulation (gdpr) privacy rules, and as a result of gdpr law. meta was ordered to stop training its large language model on data from european users on privacy concerns, and meta has given european users an opt out option. labor’s chair of the inquiry examining ai adoption in australia, senator tony sheldon, questioned meta executives on tuesday why that option had not been extended to australian users. sign up for guardian australia’s breaking news email “i’ll be very frank with you. i’d like to opt out in australia … and i’d like to have the options similar to europe, for all australians, including for myself personally. why can’t i have that option?” melinda claybaugh, meta’s director of privacy policy, said it was only the posts of those who chose to make the post public   not just private to people you have friended   and only for those aged over 18. but claybaugh said that the opt out option in europe was “in response to a very specific legal frame” and would not say whether such an option would be offered to australians in the future. the greens senator david shoebridge said that meant that australians would have had to set posts back to the start of their use of facebook to private. “the truth of the matter is that, unless you consciously had set those posts to private, since 2007, meta has just decided you will scrape all of the photos and all of the text from every public post on instagram or facebook that australians have shared since 2007, unless there was a conscious decision to set them on private. but that’s actually the reality, isn’t it?” shoebridge asked. “correct,” claybaugh replied. she said people could set their posts to private now to prevent future scraping. that would not account for the scraping that has already occurred. sheldon said there were millions of australians who used facebook and instagram who have not consented to using their photos, their videos, or the record of their lives and families to train an ai model. “i do think the people around the world are sick of tech companies, giants … doing whatever they want, completely ignoring laws and rights as they go because having those things taken off people, they feel as if their inherent right has been taken off them,” he said. “i do expect governments to do something about it.”

linkedin and 3rd parties use essential and non essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off linkedin. learn more in our cookie policy. select accept to consent or reject to decline non essential cookies for this use. you can update your choices at any time in your settings. agree & join linkedin by clicking continue to join or sign in, you agree to linkedin’s user agreement, privacy policy, and cookie policy. leader & relationship builder in learning & development a few years ago, i thought about following in my husband's footsteps and deleting my facebook account. however, i discovered that my retired parents were avid facebook messenger users, so i decided to keep the account to stay connected with them. recently, meta notified users in #europe that their public #facebook and #instagram posts will be used to train its #ai services starting june 26. in the #usa, this data usage "has already begun without prior notice due to less stringent privacy laws". 😲 this has sparked privacy concerns and backlash, especially in the usa, where users may not have been aware of the data usage. meta’s ai, similar to openai's chatgpt, learns from a vast dataset that includes public social media posts, which it claims are anonymized and aggregated. in europe, users can opt out of this data usage by adjusting their settings in the meta privacy center or on instagram. however, in the usa, users can only set their accounts to private to avoid contributing data to meta's ai training. despite these concerns, meta asserts that it complies with privacy laws and uses this data to improve its services. privacy watchdog groups in europe have criticized the broad and unspecified nature of meta's data usage, with legal challenges being raised by organizations like noyb (none of your business). alarmingly, i am not able to find specific information on how this would impact canadian users and given these recent developments, i'm seriously reconsidering the idea of deleting my account to better protect my privacy. https://lnkd.in/dyub2seb #artificialintelligence #aiethics #airegulation #dataprivacy #genai #privacy #userdata to view or add a comment, sign in tech | data | ai 🔹 i decode emerging tech for business leaders and help boards & execs avoid costly mistakes & make smarter tech decisions ❗🔏 privacy news: 🚨 meta will use your facebook & instagram data to train their ai models from jun 26. 🤖 tldr: the latest changes to meta’s privacy policy, which is due to take effect on the 26th of june 2024, will mean that any facebook & instagram posts, images, image captions, comments, and stories that are shared publicly by users over the age of 18 will be used as part of the training data for meta ai. more detail: 1️⃣ data usage without consent🔸just like in the u.s., there are no specific privacy laws in australia that prevent meta from using public social media posts for ai training. this means australians' public posts could be used without explicit consent. 📱 2️⃣ privacy concerns🔸the lack of detailed information about how meta plans to use this data raises significant privacy concerns.🛡️ 3️⃣ ai training transparency🔸meta’s ai is learning from a vast dataset that includes social media posts. this could impact the privacy and security of user data. 📊 4️⃣ limited opt out options🔸unlike european users, australians do not have the option to opt out of this data usage. 👁️🗨️ 5️⃣ potential for future policy changes🔸as global privacy laws evolve, there will be future changes that impact how data is used. staying informed and advocating for stronger privacy protections is crucial. 🌏 🔴 what can you do? 🔴 review your privacy settings and make sure your social media accounts are set to private if you’re concerned about data usage. 🔐 how do you feel about your data being used for ai training? 🗣️💬 #ai #privacy #meta #facebook #instagram #dataprotection #artificialintelligence to view or add a comment, sign in meta's recent experiment with ai generated comment summaries on facebook is raising eyebrows. these summaries aim to capture the essence of discussions, but their accuracy in often heated comment sections is questionable. additionally, the use of user data to train the ai has privacy advocates concerned. meta claims users can opt out, but the process is opaque and some requests have been denied. this is a situation worth watching, with implications for both content moderation and user privacy on the platform. designed for high performance applications, falkordb is a cutting edge graph database that offers unmatched speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. to view or add a comment, sign in enterprise data science specialist @mastech digital | nlp | ner | deep learning | gen ai | mlops 🔍 the ai generated comment summaries on facebook are definitely sparking important discussions on accuracy and privacy. it's crucial for platforms like meta to navigate these challenges transparently, especially with user data concerns. the implications for content moderation and privacy protection are significant. on another note, falkordb sounds like a game changer in high performance applications with its speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. exciting times ahead in tech innovation! 🌐💡 #ai #privacy #contentmoderation #techinnovation #graphdatabase #datamanagement #userprivacy meta's recent experiment with ai generated comment summaries on facebook is raising eyebrows. these summaries aim to capture the essence of discussions, but their accuracy in often heated comment sections is questionable. additionally, the use of user data to train the ai has privacy advocates concerned. meta claims users can opt out, but the process is opaque and some requests have been denied. this is a situation worth watching, with implications for both content moderation and user privacy on the platform. designed for high performance applications, falkordb is a cutting edge graph database that offers unmatched speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. to view or add a comment, sign in chief strategy and transformation officer at pepsico meta's use of public instagram and facebook posts to train its ai promises significant improvements in ai capabilities and user interactions. and while this technological leap is compelling, it raises critical privacy concerns. can users opt out of this data collection? it depends. where european users benefit from stricter privacy regulations that allow them to opt out, the u.s has less stringent privacy laws   revealing a stark disparity in data protection that is highly dependent on location, rather than consistent, universal standards. this is interesting to think about, especially as we weigh how innovation and user privacy can co exist. https://lnkd.in/ew9zxunv to view or add a comment, sign in founder and creative director at the sunny side | author of "the creative human" (worldwide no. 10 bestseller) and "cultural engineering" (worldwide no. 11 bestseller) a few hours ago, #meta platforms #facebook and #instagram started adding "altered media" labels to the real pic of the july 13th #trump assassination attempt. this happened because the algorithm was fooled by an #ai generated fake pic that was doing the rounds. here's how it worked: an unknown user used ai to generate the pic on the right and started circulating it on facebook and instagram. the platforms' algorithm correctly detected it as fake. but like pavlov's dog which associated the sound of a bell with food even though they were two different things, the algorithm also started flagging the real pic as fake. and it would have gotten away with it if not for the meddling facebook and instagram users who spotted this and alerted meta, who were prompt in resolving it. this has revealed a very easy and frightening way to use ai to suppress real information: create a straw man (a fake piece of information that resembles the real thing) so that any algorithm that identifies the fake information also wrongly labels the real information as fake. the straw man is a common logical fallacy and is often exploited by unethical debaters and lawyers. but this is probably the first time ai has lent itself as a tool for it. to view or add a comment, sign in data analyst meta plans to introduce ai powered characters to drive engagement on facebook. safeguards should be put in place to avoid the flooding of artificial profiles spreading wrong information. https://lnkd.in/epujtnap to view or add a comment, sign in digital transformation & operations • creative content architect • project management • technology adoption • customer experience & success despite advances, ai is still not advanced enough to accurately recognise minute changes in images, sometimes leading to images being misclassified. for example, meta's ai assistant recently mislabelled a real image of a trump assassination attempt as fictional. this issue stems from the lack of sufficient and specific training data, as ai models require extensive datasets to learn how to distinguish between real and fake images accurately. another problem is the reliance on synthetic data or manipulated images during training, leading to the straw man fallacy. when ai systems encounter actual images, they may misclassify them based on their limited and skewed understanding. these misclassifications have serious real world implications, such as undermining public trust in ai and accidentally spreading misinformation. to address these limitations, it is crucial to improve the quality and diversity of training data by sourcing more specific and real world images. continuous refinement of algorithms to better handle nuanced differences in images is also essential. founder and creative director at the sunny side | author of "the creative human" (worldwide no. 10 bestseller) and "cultural engineering" (worldwide no. 11 bestseller) a few hours ago, #meta platforms #facebook and #instagram started adding "altered media" labels to the real pic of the july 13th #trump assassination attempt. this happened because the algorithm was fooled by an #ai generated fake pic that was doing the rounds. here's how it worked: an unknown user used ai to generate the pic on the right and started circulating it on facebook and instagram. the platforms' algorithm correctly detected it as fake. but like pavlov's dog which associated the sound of a bell with food even though they were two different things, the algorithm also started flagging the real pic as fake. and it would have gotten away with it if not for the meddling facebook and instagram users who spotted this and alerted meta, who were prompt in resolving it. this has revealed a very easy and frightening way to use ai to suppress real information: create a straw man (a fake piece of information that resembles the real thing) so that any algorithm that identifies the fake information also wrongly labels the real information as fake. the straw man is a common logical fallacy and is often exploited by unethical debaters and lawyers. but this is probably the first time ai has lent itself as a tool for it. to view or add a comment, sign in working with governments to make data driven decisions by day, demystifying ai for kids by night | cdo magazine's 2023 global data power woman 🤖 want to opt out of meta’s ai? then you have to move to the eu. because the eu has clear, user centric data protection laws, their citizens can opt out. we can’t. if you're concerned about ai training on your pictures, words, videos, etc., now is the time to contact your congressperson and demand legislation that lets us opt our data out of these models, especially for kids. 📢 find your representative and make your voice heard: https://lnkd.in/g8889sa6 🛡️ protecting our privacy and data rights is crucial. only the eu has the option to opt out of meta, instagram, and facebook ai data training due to the gdpr. the rest of us only have the option to delete our profiles. check article here: https://lnkd.in/gzgrtyuk i am pro ai, but i am even more in favor of people owning their data and having the ability to opt out. p.s. in the absence of laws, this also opens a window for new social media platforms to arise. those that agree to protect their users' data and let them take their data with them would be a refreshing change in business as usual. #dataprotection #privacy #ai #legislation #childsafety #digitalrights #gdpr #meta #facebook #instagram #artificialintelligence #datarights to view or add a comment, sign in ✨ chief innovation & technology officer 📣 talking simply about tech 💡 solving problems with it #meta wants to use your posts to train ai do you have a #facebook or #instagram account? most users probably won't even know about. while meta claims it will not include private messages or content from users under 18, many users are still uncomfortable with their data being used for #ai training. hopefully, there is an option to opt out. but only for some... the process for those in the #uk and #eu is relatively easy. to opt out, users must navigate to their account settings, find the 'right to object' section, and formally submit a request explaining why they do not want their data used. the situation is more complicated for users from the united states and other non eu countries with less stringent privacy regulations. in australia, for example, there is no clear opt out option at all. as of 2024, there are approximately 2.96 billion monthly active users on facebook and around 1.5 billion on instagram worldwide. remember to stay informed about how your data is being used. if you have questions about this topic, comment below. share this post with your network. it is important. to view or add a comment, sign in digital training lead at lightful | coaching charities worldwide for digital growth | speaker & coach | passionate about mental wellbeing at work | social media specialist have you noticed meta's new privacy update? it might have popped up as a notification on your facebook or instagram account over the past couple of weeks. starting on june 26, they're going to use public user data to train their ai systems. generative ai needs to be trained on data   and you might be totally happy with this. of course, meta already uses your data to curate your feed, show you certain adverts, and develop their platforms, and meta reassures us that they "have a robust internal privacy review process that helps ensure we are using data at meta responsibly for our products, including generative ai". but, when you posted family photos a few years ago the thought of using them to train generative ai probably didn't cross your mind. likewise for artists and creators who share their work on social media. whatever your preference, you should have the option to make that choice. want to opt out of this update? here's how: on instagram > go to your profile > menu button > scroll down to 'about' > privacy policy > click the hyperlinked text 'right to object' > fill in the form on facebook > menu > setting & privacy > settings > scroll down to 'privacy policy' > click the hyperlinked text 'right to object' > fill in the form *if your accounts are linked you should only need to do this once. often these rumours do the rounds (every few months i see people sharing the classic "facebook is going to make people pay to use it! comment below to say no")   but this one is real. personally, i'd like all social media platforms to prioritise fixing the real and important needs we've been talking about for years   removing hateful, harmful and dangerous content, having effective moderation and reporting services, and real life user support for small businesses and nonprofit organisations. #socialmedia #ai #generativeai #ethicalai #dataprivacy to view or add a comment, sign in 923 followers create your free account or sign in to continue your search or by clicking continue to join or sign in, you agree to linkedin’s user agreement, privacy policy, and cookie policy. new to linkedin? 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“goodbye meta ai.” you may have seen these words posted on facebook or threads or most likely instagram, where a viral story template has been shared by more than 500,000 users who seem to think that they’re prohibiting the social media giant from using their personal information. “goodbye meta ai,” the wall of text, often shared as a screenshot on instagram and as a copied and pasted post on facebook and threads, reads. “please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. as meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement. if you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. i do not give meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.” many celebrities from actress julianne moore to reportedly former nfl quarterback tom brady are among those who have reshared the message. but now, on meta’s platforms, such posts are accompanied by a note flagging it as “false” information and linking to an article titled “'legal' statement does not protect user data from meta's generative ai    it's made up” by facebook third party fact checking partner lead stories. according to lead stories, social media users started noticing the spread of the “goodbye meta ai” copypasta a chunk of text that’s widely spread on the internet at the beginning of september. former american idol contestant and drag queen ada vox warned her followers on facebook on sept. 7 to stop sharing the message, saying: “hackers use posts like that to target gullible and vulnerable people to find the easiest profiles to get into. … you are only putting a target on your back for hackers by sharing and making those ridiculous posts. the people at the highest risk for this are the older generation, so if you see them posting that, let them know.” read more: welcome to the golden age of scams it’s not the first time such a privacy hoax has been spread, with similar ones on facebook reported as far back as 2012. in may, another copypasta claiming to bar meta from using people’s personal data was debunked by fact checking website snopes, which said that facebook users can’t “retroactively negate the privacy or copyright terms they agreed to when they signed up” or alter new privacy terms “simply by posting a contrary legal notice on their account.” as for actually preventing meta from scraping your data to train its generative artificial intelligence models, that’s a bit more complicated. earlier this year, the company sent notifications to users in europe informing them that it planned to use their content to help develop ai features and giving them a chance to opt out. but it only did so because of europe’s strict tech regulations. in other parts of the world including australia, india, and the u.s. users were not notified of any change, and it’s unclear how long meta has been scraping social media posts to train its ai. according to a meta press release last september, the company use “publicly shared posts from instagram and facebook including photos and text” to train its models but not “private posts” or “the content of your private messages with friends.” a meta spokesperson told mit technology review in june that users who don’t want their content to be scraped can minimize that risk by turning their accounts private. meta did not respond to time’s request for comment but told bbc that sharing the “goodbye meta ai” message “does not count as a valid form of objection.” a spokesperson for the company also told wired: “while we don’t currently have an opt out feature [for u.s. users], we’ve built in platform tools that allow people to delete their personal information from chats with meta ai across our apps.” contact us at letters@time.com

linkedin and 3rd parties use essential and non essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off linkedin. learn more in our cookie policy. select accept to consent or reject to decline non essential cookies for this use. you can update your choices at any time in your settings. agree & join linkedin by clicking continue to join or sign in, you agree to linkedin’s user agreement, privacy policy, and cookie policy. curator, books last week, like the jews of exodus painting blood on their lintels, hundreds of thousands of instagram users posted a block of text to their accounts hoping to avoid the plague of artificial intelligence online. “goodbye meta ai,” the message began, referring to facebook’s parent company, and continued, “i do not give meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.” friends of mine posted it; artists i follow posted it; tom brady posted it. in their eagerness to combat the encroachment of a.i., all of them seemed to overlook the fact that merely sharing a meme would do nothing to change their legal rights vis à vis meta or any other tech platform. https://lnkd.in/gbwgu9vm to view or add a comment, sign in 7 followers meta is updating its terms of service and community standards with clearer language and more explicit explanations. key changes include emphasizing that using meta’s apps means agreeing to the terms, stricter rules against data scraping (logged in or otherwise), and prohibitions on bypassing security measures. new references to separate agreements for avatars and ai tools clarify how user data, like selfies or ai conversations, may be used or shared. additionally, meta is merging its community standards for facebook, messenger, instagram, and threads into a single, accessible location. the updated community standards are effective november 12, 2024, and the new terms of service take effect january 1, 2025. read more: https://lnkd.in/gpzd4mhz to view or add a comment, sign in meta's recent experiment with ai generated comment summaries on facebook is raising eyebrows. these summaries aim to capture the essence of discussions, but their accuracy in often heated comment sections is questionable. additionally, the use of user data to train the ai has privacy advocates concerned. meta claims users can opt out, but the process is opaque and some requests have been denied. this is a situation worth watching, with implications for both content moderation and user privacy on the platform. designed for high performance applications, falkordb is a cutting edge graph database that offers unmatched speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. to view or add a comment, sign in enterprise data science specialist @mastech digital | nlp | ner | deep learning | gen ai | mlops 🔍 the ai generated comment summaries on facebook are definitely sparking important discussions on accuracy and privacy. it's crucial for platforms like meta to navigate these challenges transparently, especially with user data concerns. the implications for content moderation and privacy protection are significant. on another note, falkordb sounds like a game changer in high performance applications with its speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. exciting times ahead in tech innovation! 🌐💡 #ai #privacy #contentmoderation #techinnovation #graphdatabase #datamanagement #userprivacy meta's recent experiment with ai generated comment summaries on facebook is raising eyebrows. these summaries aim to capture the essence of discussions, but their accuracy in often heated comment sections is questionable. additionally, the use of user data to train the ai has privacy advocates concerned. meta claims users can opt out, but the process is opaque and some requests have been denied. this is a situation worth watching, with implications for both content moderation and user privacy on the platform. designed for high performance applications, falkordb is a cutting edge graph database that offers unmatched speed and adaptable data modeling capabilities. to view or add a comment, sign in data analyst meta plans to introduce ai powered characters to drive engagement on facebook. safeguards should be put in place to avoid the flooding of artificial profiles spreading wrong information. https://lnkd.in/epujtnap to view or add a comment, sign in freelance english > polish and german > polish translator so, now that we know that creators are training instagram’s and facebook ai against their will, because meta is using deceptive ux to keep them doing it ( https://shorturl.at/lwspn )  here are some ways to protect yourself. meta makes it very difficult to opt out for almost everyone except eu citizens ( https://shorturl.at/r2yqn ), and you can only opt out fort future use, so many visual creators have recently moved from instagram to cara.app ( https://cara.app/explore )which by design does not support ai, and provides glaze ( https://lnkd.in/edrrf xj )for free to protect photos and artwork from ai access. you can also download your ‘glazed’ artwork from cara and use it on instagram. there are currently two main programs that make it difficult for ai to scrap your visual data: 1. glaze   works by understanding the ai models that train on human art, and using machine learning algorithms, computing a set of minimal changes in artwork, such as that it appears unchanged to human eyes, but appears to ai models as a dramatically different style of art. 2. nightshade ( https://lnkd.in/e_xvwfhs )  works similarly to glaze but is somehow malicious, so that the ai models see a dramatically different image composition. (meaning that if there are enough poison samples in the data et, an ai model prompted to generate a dog might draw a cat, for example) to view or add a comment, sign in 280 followers meta working on a search engine is nothing short of concering. the company, with one of the richest history of emotional data tracking and abuse of user data now also building out their tentacles into knowing what you search for gives their company and metaai power of unprecedented concern. please read our research on how meta is misusing customer data on grand scale:https://osf.io/pax3f how is this company still allowed to conduct business even? alarming, very alarming. https://lnkd.in/gntm_sbv #privacy #userdata #meta #concerning #protectyourdata #news to view or add a comment, sign in entrepreneur on a sabbatical to view or add a comment, sign in head of digital marketing & communications meta, the parent company of instagram and facebook, recently informed european users that it will soon start using some of their personal data to train its artificial intelligence (#ai) models. this change is scheduled to take effect on june 26th, giving users only a few weeks' notice. unsurprisingly, this announcement has been met with considerable opposition. users have started posting claims of copyright over their images and posts on these platforms. some are even using an instagram stories template   which typically vanishes after 24 hours   to voice their objection to meta's plans. additionally, max schrems' organisation, noyb, has lodged 11 complaints regarding the proposed data usage, urging data protection authorities to intervene. what exactly is #meta doing, and how can you opt out? to prevent meta from using your data to train its ai, simply posting a copyright notice on your facebook or instagram profile is ineffective. instead, follow these steps: 1. on facebook:   open the #facebook app.   tap your profile picture in the bottom right corner.   go to settings & privacy, then select settings.   scroll down to find privacy policy.   look for a paragraph about meta updating its privacy policy, including data use for ai.   tap “learn more about your right to object.”   fill out the form with details on how this data processing affects you and any other relevant information. 2. on #instagram:   open your profile.   tap the three lines in the top right to open the menu.   navigate to settings & privacy, then select help.   choose help centre, tap on about ais on instagram, and follow the link for more information on meta’s use of data for generative ai models.   scroll down the page until you find the right to object link and fill out the form accordingly. read more: to view or add a comment, sign in leader & relationship builder in learning & development a few years ago, i thought about following in my husband's footsteps and deleting my facebook account. however, i discovered that my retired parents were avid facebook messenger users, so i decided to keep the account to stay connected with them. recently, meta notified users in #europe that their public #facebook and #instagram posts will be used to train its #ai services starting june 26. in the #usa, this data usage "has already begun without prior notice due to less stringent privacy laws". 😲 this has sparked privacy concerns and backlash, especially in the usa, where users may not have been aware of the data usage. meta’s ai, similar to openai's chatgpt, learns from a vast dataset that includes public social media posts, which it claims are anonymized and aggregated. in europe, users can opt out of this data usage by adjusting their settings in the meta privacy center or on instagram. however, in the usa, users can only set their accounts to private to avoid contributing data to meta's ai training. despite these concerns, meta asserts that it complies with privacy laws and uses this data to improve its services. privacy watchdog groups in europe have criticized the broad and unspecified nature of meta's data usage, with legal challenges being raised by organizations like noyb (none of your business). alarmingly, i am not able to find specific information on how this would impact canadian users and given these recent developments, i'm seriously reconsidering the idea of deleting my account to better protect my privacy. https://lnkd.in/dyub2seb #artificialintelligence #aiethics #airegulation #dataprivacy #genai #privacy #userdata to view or add a comment, sign in gm   digital technology & innovation at citic pacific mining (cio) maicd faim | vice chair gmg | non executive director i'm afraid to say that this step by meta is just one more example of why self regulation doesn't work for the big tech companies. and, if they're prepared to take the axe to stuff like this that is a no brainer, it certainly doesn't augur well for any sort of sensible boundaries on ai or ai ethics in general, which is a lot more complicated. it's simply going to be free for all. https://lnkd.in/g2ksds3q to view or add a comment, sign in 1,582 followers create your free account or sign in to continue your search or by clicking continue to join or sign in, you agree to linkedin’s user agreement, privacy policy, and cookie policy. new to linkedin? 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artificial intelligence supported by social media users voiced worries about a move by meta to use information from public posts, including on facebook, to train its chatbot. by jesus jiménez meta has been expanding its artificial intelligence services around the world, sometimes using public posts to train those services. this year, meta sent notifications to users of facebook and instagram in europe, letting them know that their public posts could be used to train meta’s chatbot and other a.i. services, prompting privacy worries and confusion about where the policy change was in effect. another wave of concerns came this fall, when users of instagram began to repost en masse a message saying they did “not give meta or anyone else permission” to use their data. the post was shared hundreds of thousands of times, even though it has no effect on a users’ privacy preferences and is not legally binding. for those living in the united states, where online privacy laws are not as strict, meta a.i. can use public posts to train its a.i. (it’s unclear where else meta might expand the program.) privacy watchdogs have raised concerns about the data usage, and a lack of specifics about what meta will do with people’s information. but meta says it is complying with privacy laws, and that the information it is gathering will make services more relevant to the users in a given region. here’s what to know about meta’s a.i. chatbot and how you can opt out of sharing your information. meta a.i. is a smart assistant software powered by artificial intelligence, available on apps including facebook, whatsapp and instagram   it can be used in feeds, chat and search. similar to openai’s chatgpt, apple’s siri or amazon’s alexa, it is designed to respond to almost any prompt a user gives it.

 search the news, stories & people personalise the news and stay in the know emergency backstory newsletters 中文新闻 berita bahasa indonesia tok pisin by lina elsaadi pm topic:internet meta's information page outlines how it uses information to train artificial intelligence models. (abc news: lina elsaadi) if you're among the majority of australians with facebook or instagram accounts, your social activity on those platforms is likely being used to train meta's artificial intelligence (ai), and there's little you can do to stop it. there has been growing concern after meta   the parent company of facebook and instagram   flagged a new privacy policy that was to take effect in europe and the uk from june 26. under the policy   which meta has now agreed to pause while it answers further requests from regulators   it had planned to use data from the public posts of facebook and instagram users to train and improve its ai tools. the pause is at the request of the irish data protection commission on behalf of european data protection authorities, and meta has expressed disappointment, saying it will delay bringing the benefits of ai to people in europe. in australia, meta is actually already using public users' data in such a way, according to its privacy policies. as it stands, the european union (eu) is one of the only jurisdictions in which users can opt out of having their meta accounts used to train ai. this is because they have strong privacy protections, in the form of the general data protection regulation (gdpr).