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Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mark Zuckberg’s Meta is to go ahead with controversial plans to use millions of UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in a practice that is effectively outlawed under EU privacy laws.

Meta said it had “engaged positively” with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over the plan, after it paused similar proposals in June in the UK and EU. The pause came after the ICO warned tech firms to respect the privacy of users when building generative AI.

On Friday, the ICO made it clear it has not provided regulatory approval for the plan, but will instead monitor the experiment after Meta agreed changes to its approach. These include making it easier for users to opt out of allowing their posts to be processed for AI.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This brings up an interesting point,

When the UK left the EU, did they effectively repeal all of the laws that had been passed while they were a member for 20ish years? Or did they pass any sort of legislation that would have adopted those laws under their own government?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Essentially we just did a copy / paste. There have been some tweaks but nothing huge so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago