If you’re wondering whether your Facebook and Instagram posts have been used to train AI models at parent company Meta, the answer is an emphatic yes.
This may not come as a huge surprise. Meta has already announced that it uses user content and data to train its AI — but this week, global privacy chief Melinda Claybaugh admitted just how much of that content is actually being used.
the topic This issue was raised in an inquiry with Australian lawmakers.“Meta has just decided to collect all the images and text from every public post on Instagram or Facebook since 2007, unless there was a conscious decision to make them private,” said Green Party Senator David Shoebridge. “That’s the reality, isn’t it?”
“Correct,” Claybo replied.
In today’s TechCrunch Minute, we discuss what’s mined, what’s left out, and how that varies depending on where you live.