Meta will use your photos to train its AI: How to change the settings before it’s too late
Goal the technology company Mark Zuckerbergis the owner of popular social networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. In parallel, it is working to improve its services through artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on advanced interaction functions and content personalization. For example, Meta AI helps filter or remove inappropriate content automaticallyand is also responsible for recommending specific content and ads for each person.
But they still have a long way to go to catch up with their competitors. in the field of AI, such as OpenAI either Google. That is why Starting June 26, 2024, Meta will begin using user data from Facebook and Instagram, including videos and photos, to train your generative artificial intelligence.
The announcement immediately began to generate debate and concern among users of these social networks, due to the unauthorized use of personal information and especially because the options to reject this measure are not available for users in Latin America, unlike Europe and some cities in the United States where it is possible to restrict the use of personal data.
Therefore, a half Argentine contacted Meta to find out how help Latinos protect their privacy. In this regard, the technology company stated that in Latin America these measures are not yet active, but gave details about how the process works.
Users in locations where the option is available can restrict the use of your data through a fairly simple process. On Instagram, for example, users must go to their personal profile, select the menu in the upper right corner, enter Information, and then Privacy Policy to finally select the Oppose the use of your information for AI in Meta option and complete the form to terminate the processing of your data.
On Facebook the process is similar, but it is accessed through Settings and privacy, Settings, Privacy policy, and finally Right to object, where you must fill out a form detailing the reasons for not using the data in AI.
As expected, The risks associated with this practice include the handling of information about minors and intimate material, as well as Meta’s ability to process data from people who do not have an active profile. Although they will only use public information and not private information such as chats, there are those who prefer not to give away this type of personal data.
And if you are one of those who filled out the form to not be part of Meta’s AI tests, you should know that if another person shares a photo in which you appear or if someone mentions you in their posts or descriptions of the photo, the company It will also use your images.
