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Can you opt out of Meta's AI scraping? Sort of

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Can you opt out of Meta's AI scraping? Sort of
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Meta recently announced the expansion of its AI services globally, which would involve using public information from users to train its AI systems. Concerns arose about privacy and the scope of this policy change, particularly in Europe where stricter online privacy laws exist. Meta's AI chatbot, powered by LLaMA 3, responds to user prompts and learns from public posts on Instagram and Facebook. While Meta claims to comply with privacy laws and use anonymized and aggregated data, concerns have been raised by privacy watchdogs about the usage and lack of transparency surrounding this data. Users in the US are unable to opt out, while European users have the option to do so through the Meta Privacy Center.

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Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007

The VergeThe Verge · 10m ago
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
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Meta has admitted to using public posts and photos from adult Facebook and Instagram users since 2007 to train its AI models. This includes content from users who may have been minors when their accounts were created. While European users can opt out due to privacy regulations, users in other regions cannot if they want to keep their posts public. Meta's global privacy director confirmed this during an Australian government inquiry, stating that only private posts are excluded from AI training. The company doesn't scrape data from users under 18, but it's unclear how it handles adult accounts created when users were minors. Critics argue that this practice exploits user data, especially children's, and call for stronger privacy laws to protect against such use.

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