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Meta Pulls AI Image Feature From Instagram Days After Launch
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Davehaslanded
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This is clearly trying to create another use case for AI, that isn’t needed. Meta having built out massive data centres & put in a ton of investment , only to realise they don’t need the capacity, & no one wants it. I genuinely believe that’s why we are seeing so many pointless AI features added to things at the moment. All these companies that poured money into the bubble are looking for a way to claw back some revenue from it, before the AI bubble collapses. Big tech literally created a solution for a problem no one has & no one wants.
It's odd how people hate Meta, but still use their products.
Why bother talking **** about them if you are going to fire up Instagram right after.
Why bother talking **** about them if you are going to fire up Instagram right after.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Because we live in the real world and, like it or not, many of us have family/friends/contacts that won't leave those places or we have professional reasons we have to use them.
I would imagine the quick reversal is only because it became a pretty quick tech headline. This has nothing to do with integrity, or protecting users. It has to do with bad publicity.
IMO, it’s different when it’s embedded in the platform.
Instagram has started off as a picture sharing a site. And all photos have often been touched up, edited – etc at least it was the belief that they were rooted in reality.
If you open the door to encouraging AI pics to be posted with real ones directly from the site…
That’s the only reason I still technically have an account. But too many people use it far more than they have to.
And I still don’t get why because at this point it’s only about 25% people they know and the rest is ads or slop.
I killed my instagram and Facebook accounts years ago. Never tried Threads obviously.
I’m on WhatsApp, for now. In Europe, everyone is on it from your HOA to the local PETA.
As soon as I can, I’ll kick it to the curb.
Porco
macrumors 68040
If I could upvote this post more than once, I would.
zenodux
macrumors member
I came here to say the same thing. When you pair that with their Meta Ray-Ban efforts – including a new prototype that is always recording and does not have a recording light, the goal is clear - ingesting as much data for model training as possible while trampling everyone’s privacy rights. Meta has always been evil and must be shut down. Never forget their Cambridge Analytica scandal got us much of the way to our current rung of dystopia.
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Celtic-moniker
macrumors regular
The wording of this statement is an insight into one the most egregious issues around AI: the technology providers self-justification of pilfering from the work of millions.
It reads as “we were only trying to give you the tools to be creative” as though the backlash is depriving people of an invaluable creativity tool. There’s absolutely no reflection on the acquisition of other people’s work to produce this tool, with no acknowledgement to the artists and content makers that were being ripped off for Meta to let less talented users generate content that they can sell advertising between.
It reads as “we were only trying to give you the tools to be creative” as though the backlash is depriving people of an invaluable creativity tool. There’s absolutely no reflection on the acquisition of other people’s work to produce this tool, with no acknowledgement to the artists and content makers that were being ripped off for Meta to let less talented users generate content that they can sell advertising between.
SFjohn
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Davehaslanded
macrumors newbie
Because many of us are tied in for various reasons.
Personally, I wanted to shut down Facebook, but I can’t. Part of my job as a photographer means I have to upload to another compose social media page. I need an account to do that. Even if I left that job, I would still need Facebook for my photography.
…Even if I quit photography, my VR headset is tied to Meta, because they bought the company after I invested in their hardware.
…Even if I didn’t have my photography job or own hardware tied to Meta, I still wouldn’t be able to get rid of Facebook’s because I have friends & relatives who will only use WhatsApp. I hate WhatsApp. It seems pointless. But if I message certain people via standard messages or sms apps, they don’t see them. It’s not their default message app.
So in short, Meta have got themselves to a point that it is incredibly hard to leave their eco system entirely. They never should have been allowed to buy up so many other companies, but sadly Capitalism protections are not keeping up with the modern, super conglomerations that are taking control of the world. Paired with politicians in power that are easily bought, & they are unlikely to be restricted in future.
Arran
macrumors 603
Not following your logic. Are you saying all kinds of internet-based communication are "Social Media"?
Arran
macrumors 603
If the vendor offers it as a product feature the user is less likely to question whether it's okay to use it.
It's an attempt to normalize unethical or antisocial behavior.
Good point. Though I think it is probably more they do something if is easy, if not they don't do it. I think I would say morals and ethics don't really bother people too much in things like this. How rampant was illegal downloading of movies and music back in the day. Still happens now, but not sure it is as prevalent as streaming is so simple.
Arran
macrumors 603
Oh they absolutely want to make it easier. The more people they can get to use it ASAP the better. The aim - as others have pointed out above - is to enlist a huge number of users into helping them skirt copyright law by muddying the issue.
End game: Claim copyright on all generated work and fiercely defend that right in the courts.