Meta uses “dark patterns” to thwart AI opt-outs in EU, complaint says
Meta uses “dark patterns” to thwart AI opt-outs in EU, complaint says
EU Facebook users have until June 26 to opt out of AI training.
Has anyone managed to figure out how to opt out?
I tried using the link from an email, but that landed me in generic contact us page, and when I selected that I want to opt out, they just said that the will contact me, and never did.
Opt outs are only for EU residents afaik
I am an EU resident. I eventually managed to find it by following the link in the email while signed in to FB, and sent a generic message that I don't trust AI to not misinterpret or leak my data, while also stating that I consider AI training to be by design a breach of my GDPR rights, since there is no way for them to delete your data from the AI once it has been trained on them, which the legislative hasn't caught up to handle yet, since AIs are kind of new and nobody expected that. It worked pretty quickly, and I should be opted out now
unfortunately I don't use any of facebook's apps/products so I don't have any concrete ideas
however, maybe by citing GDPR you might have a pathway there?
this is probably a stupid idea and hopefully someone will know better
Stop being scared of making shit illegal. Not opt-out - not opt-in - just plain banned.
If every EU politician was elected on a promise that there would be no more half measures, they would then proudly announce the end of quarter measures.
At risk of losing my job, I won't say too much, but I heard rumors from directors+ that the Gen AI org should avoid poaching talent from the Integrity org (who are usually the people who try to stop other orgs from getting sued). Not saying this is true, or even I think it's true, it's just what I've heard..
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Additionally, Meta plans to collect information about people who aren't on Facebook or Instagram but are featured in users' posts or photos.
"Unlike the already problematic situation of companies using certain (public) data to train a specific AI system (e.g. a chatbot), Meta's new privacy policy basically says that the company wants to take all public and non-public user data that it has collected since 2007 and use it for any undefined type of current and future 'artificial intelligence technology,'" Noyb alleged in a press release.
Meta has said that collecting personal data is necessary to train AI services that reflect "the diverse cultures and languages of the European communities who will use them."
Participating will help Meta "provide and curate artificial intelligence technology in our Products, enabling the creation of content like text, audio, images, and videos, including by understanding and recognizing your use of content in the features," an AI policy page said.
"This includes features not yet available in Europe, like allowing people to create customized stickers for chats and stories, as well as Meta AI, our virtual assistant you can access to answer questions, generate images, and more in our family of apps and on devices," Meta's blog said.
The AI initiative seems to be part of the social media company's effort to appeal to younger users, according to a blog from head of Facebook, Tom Alison.
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