"Meta announced on Wednesday that data collected from user interactions with its AI products will soon be used to sell targeted ads across its social media platforms. The company will update its privacy policy by December 16 to reflect the change, and will notify users in the coming days. The new policy applies globally, except for users in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, where privacy laws prevent this type of data collection."
"If a user chats with Meta AI about hiking, for example, the company may show ads for hiking gear. However, Meta spokesperson Emil Vazquez tells TechCrunch that the privacy update is broader than just Meta AI, and applies to the company's other AI offerings. That means Meta may use data from AI features in its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses - including voice recordings, pictures, and videos analyzed with AI - to further target its ad products. Meta may also use data from its new AI-video feed, Vibes, and its AI image generation product, Imagine."
"The company says more than a billion people chat with Meta AI every month, and it's common for users to hold long, detailed conversations with the AI chatbot. Conversations with Meta AI will only influence ads on Facebook and Instagram if a user is logged into the same account across products. There is no way to opt out, according to Meta."
Meta will use data from user interactions with its AI products to target ads across Facebook and Instagram, with a privacy policy update effective December 16. The change applies globally except in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the European Union due to local privacy laws. Data sources include conversations with Meta AI, voice recordings, pictures, and videos from Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, the Vibes AI-video feed, and the Imagine image-generation product. More than a billion people chat with Meta AI monthly, enabling richer user profiles. Ads will be influenced only when users are logged into the same account across products, and there is no opt-out.
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