All 'public' Facebook and Instagram posts and photos by Irish and European users to be switched on for Meta's AI-training system
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Meta is launching an AI initiative to analyze public posts, captions, and photos from Irish users on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, aiming to enhance cultural understanding. This AI training will avoid private messages and data from users under 18, ensuring privacy. Users will be notified about this development, with options to object to data use. Following initial delays due to regulatory issues, Meta received approval from the Irish Data Protection Commission to proceed, amidst competition with other tech giants in the AI space.
Meta is commencing its AI initiative to analyze public comments, captions, and posts by EU users on its platforms, aiming to enhance cultural understanding through data assimilation.
The initiative will exclude private messages from friends and family, as well as data from users under 18, emphasizing privacy in its AI training efforts.
Read at Irish Independent
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