Facebook's new feature could use your photos to train AI
What's the story
Meta has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for Facebook, aimed at creating collages and editing photos. The opt-in feature scans your camera roll to find the best photos and videos, uploads them to the cloud, and then employs AI to generate "fun collages and edits." The tool suggests collages based on themes like birthdays, graduations, and trips.
AI involvement
Suggested edits remain private unless shared by user
Once you opt-in, the AI works continuously behind the scenes and randomly suggests photo and video edits for posting. These suggested edits remain private unless shared by the user. However, if a user chooses to share something created by the AI, it will be visible to their friends and used by Facebook for further AI training purposes.
Privacy settings
How to manage your participation?
The new feature is available for Facebook users in the US and Canada, with sharing recommendations appearing in Stories and Feed. Users can manage their participation by going to Facebook's camera roll settings. To avoid having their images used for AI training, users should refrain from enabling this feature. For added protection, it's recommended to revoke Facebook's access to the camera roll entirely through Settings.
Policy changes
Meta is relaxing privacy policies to enhance AI interactions
Meta has been relaxing its privacy policies to enhance Meta AI and leverage AI interactions. In December, the company plans to start using generative AI conversations for content personalization and ad recommendations. Text chats and voice calls with AI will be used in the US to personalize posts, reels, ads, and other content, with no option for users to opt out.