Meta, the company behind the social networks Facebook and Instagram, is being criticized for the measure that as of June 26, 2024 it will begin to use the data of its users to train its generative artificial intelligence (AI), raising doubts about What will happen to the privacy of conversations that have intimate photos, and what to do to restrict the use of personal information.
According to the information communicated in recent days by Infobae Tecno, Mark Zuckerberg’s company will use the publications made on these two social networks that integrate either text, photos or videos for this “training”, which raised doubts from users about What will happen to intimate photos sent via Messenger or privately.
At Infobae Tecno we tell everything you need to know about the risk of this measure by Meta, whether intimate photos will be used to train their AI, and how to prevent them from using personal data without permission, through a form that is not currently available in Latin America.
In recent days, Infobae Tecno contacted Meta to understand and resolve doubts around the measure of using personal data to train its AI, among which the question was touched on what will happen to the intimate photos sent by the social networks Facebook and Instagram.
Meta noted that its generative AI models require a large amount of data to prepareso they rely on “publicly available online information, licensed information, and data on Meta’s products and services.”
Likewise, he added that its foundational AI models, known as Llama 2 and Llama 3, do not use user data. Furthermore, they answered the question that exists among a large number of users about what will happen to the sensitive information (intimate photos) that they send privately.
“Our foundational AI models (Llama 2, Llama 3) do not use the content of private messages with friends and family to train their AIs,” was the company’s response.
However, Meta revealed that user posts shared on Facebook and Instagram that have photos, videos and text have been and will be part of the training of generative AI models.
After the news that Meta will use personal data to train its AI, criticism from several users of various social networks is related to unresolved issues about how the information that is published about minors will be handled, along with what guarantees are provided. exist that this collection will not be used for malicious purposes.
Also, the news that Meta will be able to use information from people who do not have a profile in its applications, but who appear in other users’ publications to train its AIraises questions and questions about whether it is violating the rights to privacy that are governed internationally.
All of these measures could pose risks at the limits of privacy by collecting and processing public data without the explicit consent of the people involved.
To reinforce the viability of its measure, the company has indicated that there is an option available on Facebook and Instagram to reject the use of data, However, the company clarified to Infobae that this restriction is not for users in Latin America, but only for Europe.
Despite not being available on the continent, we present the step by step to try to restrict the use of personal data without authorization by Meta, both on Instagram and Facebook.
- Enter your personal profile in the mobile app.
- Choose the menu located in the upper right corner of the mobile screen.
- Scroll until you find the “Information” option and click on “Privacy Policy”.
- Select “Object to treatment” and then “object”.
At that moment, a form will appear with several points to complete, highlighting a series of options that have generated nonconformity, because they must be explained. why it is rejected that the data be used to train Meta’s artificial intelligence.
For Facebook, a series of parameters must be followed from a computer and not allow them to use personal data to train artificial intelligence.
- Go to personal profile.
- Go to “Settings and privacy”.
- Select “Settings”, then “Privacy Policy” and finally “Right to object”.
- Next it is necessary to respond to a form similar to the one that appears on Instagram, detailing the request as to why it is required that the account data not be used to train the Meta AI.
Although it is not active in Latin America, it is essential that users in the region be more aware of what they are publishing on Meta social networks.
