AI tools are changing fast: what is useful, risky, and worth your time
Meta’s AI scraped your public Instagram photos. Here’s what changed after the backlash. A few weeks ago, news broke that Meta had quietly launched an AI tool that automatically pulled public images from Instagram to train its AI models. The reaction was swift and critical. Users, privacy advocates, and regulators raised concerns about consent, transparency, and the lack of an opt-in mechanism. Now Meta has scaled back the tool. Here’s a straightforward look at what happened, why it matters, and what you can do if you want to keep your public photos out of future AI training sets. ...