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[fwoosheye]

OI! FACEBOOK USERS WHO HATE AI! GUESS WHAT!

META IS GOING TO FEED YOUR POSTS AND IMAGES AND COMMENTS TO THEIR AI!

From what I understand this is already being implemented for Americans, with no opt-out option, but there is apparently a form you can fill in to ask them to remove all your data.

For us in the EU, we can fill in a form to object to our stuff being added, but there are some things we need to pay extra attention to:

Meta has to approve of the objection — meaning that sending it in doesn't necessarily mean it will go through

In the country they want the ISO country code (e.g. SE for Sweden). I read that someone got it to work by writing Italy rather than Italia, but I am unsure if that works for all countries

EVEN IF YOUR OBJECTION IS APPROVED, YOUR STUFF CAN BE ADDED TO META AI IF SOMEONE WHO HASN'T OBJECTED TO META AI SHARE YOUR POST/IMAGES TO THEIR PAGE

A verification code will be sent to your email, so make sure you write in the email you use for fb correctly and be prepared to check the spamfolder

It's supposed to be implemented the 26th of June here, so do it asap

MAKE SURE TO MENTION GDPR!!!

I don't know what the situation about this is for people outside EU, so if you happens to know please add to this with whatever information you have!

Check the notifications on your fb account and you should find one from Meta with all the relevant links there!

I will also copy what I wrote in the form into the comments on this post (for easy copying) in case someone doesn't have the spoons to write their own reasons. It's far from perfect but it's better than not doing it at all.

Also I don't know if this includes Instagram, I couldn't see anything about it over there, but I imagine it does or will soon enough, so keep your eyes open for that too.

(Also, hate to be that person, but please reblog to spread awareness!)

[rebeccathenaturalist]

So you may have seen my posts about AI foraging guides, or watched the mini-class I have up on YouTube on what I found inside of them. Apparently the intersection of AI and foraging has gotten even worse, with a chatbot that joined a mushroom foraging groups on Facebook only to immediately suggest ways people could cook a toxic species:

First, and most concerningly, this once again reinforces how much we should NOT be trusting AI to tell us what mushrooms are safe to eat. While they can compile information that's fed to them and regurgitate it in somewhat orderly manners, this is not the same as a living human being who has critical thinking skills to determine the veracity of a given piece of information, or physical senses to examine a mushroom, or the ability to directly experience the act of foraging. These skills and experiences are absolutely crucial to being a reliable forager, particularly one who may be passing on information to others.

We already have enough trouble with inaccurate info in the foraging community, and trying to ride herd on both the misinformed and the bad actors. This AI was presented as the first chat option for any group member seeking answers, which is just going to make things tougher for those wanting to keep people from accidentally poisoning themselves. Moreover, chatbots like this one routinely are trained on and grab information from copyrighted sources, but do not give credit to the original authors. Anyone who's ever written a junior-high level essay knows that you have to cite your sources even if you rewrite the information; otherwise it's just plagiarism.

Fungi Friend is yet one more example of how generative AI has been anything but a positive development on multiple levels.

[ladyelainehilfur]

Hey y'all. If someone you know reaches out to you on Instagram and tells you to send them your phone number because their phone has been "acting up" or "being weird", DO NOT SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER. That is a hacker trying to gain access to your Meta account, which includes your Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp! Once they gain access to your account, they'll go through your following list and try to hack them as well.

If you're not sure, call the person who's allegedly asking for help and confirm that's them asking.

Please spread the word to protect yourself and your friends.

[idkmynameiskat]

Legit friendly PSA/reminder that this is just Tumblr, and there are a lot of reasons why people, I included, do not go into specific details about personal life/relationships/family on here. I know I talk A LOT more than “normal” people about my life and struggles on here, but I am very careful about what I post and for specific reasons I do not need to explain to anyone.

Tumblr is probably the creepiest social media I’m on, and a lot of people tend to forget how fucking scary the internet is for women. There is a 99% chance that if I talk to you on here often, we will remain friends on Tumblr only. This is literally no offense to anyone at all, I don’t even have some of my old coworkers I knew in person on my socials, and having people I simply don’t know well on my personal socials is not something I will ever change. I am simply doing this to keep myself and my family/relationships/personal life safe.

I have had people on here try to find me on other socials, try to find where I live, get mad when I don’t want to tell them exactly who I work for, etc, etc. and it’s fucking scary. There is no need to know these things about someone at all, especially someone you met online that lives hours/days away.

Please respect my decisions to not talk about certain things on here, not tell you my full/legal name (yes, people have gotten mad at me because they think they are entitled to know my “real” name), not tell you what company I work for, not want to tell you my personal socials, etc.

Like, is this wrong of me to think this way or….

[flapjacs]

It looks like the bullshit opt out form for Meta's generative AI is finally open to the US. From the non US version of the policy update, it looks like 26 Jun 2024 is the official start date.

This affects everyone, not just artists.

They require you to provide evidence that your info has been used and may reject you anyway. I think I'll put a screenshot of their privacy policy which says they use the info. But idk yet. First I'm going to download an archive of my info.

None of the comments about being accepted or rejected that I could find mentioned what state they lived in which is clearly the reason for rejections. The form states, "We don’t automatically fulfill requests sent using this form. We review them consistent with your local laws", if they can get away with rejecting you, they will.

To find the form on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/genai scroll down to click on the "learn more and submit requests here" link, or wait i can just post it here: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1266025207620918

To find the form on instagram:

go to profile open hamburger menu click on "about" click on "privacy policy"

If you are outside the US: the link to opt out should be right there, I think it says "Right to reject" the form should be right there. If you are inside the US: search "ai opt out" click on "about AI's from Meta on WhatsApp" scroll down a bit, not too far, look for "Learn how Meta uses information for generative AI models in "this article" click on that particular "this article" link, not a different one scroll to the bottom click on "Learn more and submit requests here" The form should be right there. As for filling out the form: People are saying write something about your copyright, you dont give permission for any of your work to be used, stuff like that. If you can't think of what to write, just search for "ai opt out" on instagram or do a more specific search, some people have examples.

I haven't deleted my facebook or instagram because I DID DELETE MY FACEBOOK ONCE and I thought, okay, I have a reason to use it years later. ALL OF MY INFO WAS STILL THERE. Well great, now I just have to keep it open so I know I'm not being impersonated. And yes, I hit delete and not deactivate. I wish I never made these fucking accounts.

[aurora1040]

ok we all know FB is bad for oh so many reasons. But despite that, it had some uses that I couldnt deny, like keeping in touch with people you know IRL.

TODAY FB HAS CROSSED A FLIPPING LINE

I was texting a paragraph to my mom and before i hit send, there was a pop up in messenger announcing AI stickers. Ok, i thought, no big deal, sticker suggestions are common and can be triggered by certain words or phrases.

That is NOT WHAT THIS IS.

Messenger's AI stickers *actually READ YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES*. How do I kniw this? The very first sticker suggestion was the entire paragraph i typed out AND DID NOT YET SEND on a background.

I immediately scoured the settings and there is NO WAY TO OPT OUT OF THE AI.... unless you DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT ENTIRELY.

Needless to say, im telling the people i wanna stay in touch with my contact info and that im going to delete my account. That is going way too far and i most DEFINITELY DO NOT CONSENT TO MY PRIVATE MESSAGES BEING READ BY FLIPPING AI.

If you needed a final reason to delete you FB account, this is it. This is your sign.

Delete your Facebook.

[ziggy-solarecreator]

[atelierlili]

Instagram is trying to steal your art and more.

I haven't seen this being talked about on tumblr as much, but just a heads up for artists/art enjoyers, with the new Instagram update, Meta is planning to using user's public posts, images, image captions, comments and Stories to train their new AI models.

From what I understand, Europeans can fill out a form to opt but Americans cannot. (I'm Canadian so I have no idea where we stand in this situation.)

Facebook/Meta has been caught in the past for using/selling user's data without consent and I am certain they will continue to do so in the future so long as they reap the benefits.

If you see a mass exodus of artists leaving Instagram, this will mostly be the reasons why.

From what I understand, people are recommending CARA as an alternative to Instagram as they have a glaze feature that can prevent AI from stealing your works. I haven't tested it out myself yet, but I'll be looking into this and report back later in the future. Looks very promising tho!

If more things change I will edit this post again!

[boomania]

PSA: I won't get angry with you sharing spoilers of genshin / hsr / zzz / pgr / ak / literally every other gacha game i do play with me, but there is one exception

do not spoil me on Limbus, please

[entre-isaac]

I am so tired of AI, already.

I’m sure that I’m just beating a dead horse by ranting about this. I’m not very active on here, so I am sorry if this has already been talked about a million times by people far better spoken and well known than me. But I wasn’t sure of a better outlet for my frustrations than here.

AI is so fucking disgusting. It’s so ugly. It’s lame. It’s lazy. It’s harmful.

(In case it needs said, I’m referring specifically to AI ‘art’ and media, not useful functions for AI like GPS or search engines, etc.)

I know it’s petty and useless, but any time I come across a single AI-generated post on here, TikTok, Facebook, etc, I report and block the posts. They make me irrationally angry. Especially when they aren’t labeled as AI. Especially when the gullible and uninformed commenters are none the wiser, usually older generations who aren’t aware of what AI even is, but sometimes they’re even fooling younger audiences.

I can’t express the rage I feel when I see some ugly ass fucked up looking ‘baby bat’ and see the comments flooded with old people going ‘isn’t our creator just wonderful,’ and ‘all of god’s creations are beautiful.’ bitch that isn’t ‘god’s’ creation, that’s a computer’s best attempt at mimicking reality.

And don’t even get me started on all those goddamn filters on tiktok, or the ‘what if ___ was a dark fantasy animation.’

I wish people would stop using it. I know they never will. I know that the world we’re entering is an AI- centric future. It breaks my heart thinking about much harder it’s going to be for new artists to gain the attention and credit they deserve, when it’s already hard enough now while AI is still new and evolving. I know we can’t be far off from the first AI-only developed feature film or show.

For now, all we can do is resist. Don’t interact with AI content — not even to call it out or protest. Negative engagement is still engagement. It still boosts the accounts posting the AI bullshit. Just block the accounts, report them if they aren’t properly labeling things as AI or if they’re stealing from existing real artists. Don’t use the stupid ass TikTok filters that turn you into the shittiest possible ‘anime’ character or ‘Disney’ character. They literally all look stupid and the result is never anything shocking. This includes those dumbass meme posts where they input ridiculous things into chatgpt and share the results. They’re still profiting off of AI, even if it’s just for jokes.

[randomness-and-madness]

DONT HURT THE SNAILS! Not sharing who posted this on fb because idk if they want their identity spread in other places but I didn’t make this. But again, don’t hurt the snails. 🐌

[nerdlycrying]

ALL WOMEN ARE BAD AND HE'RES WHY

Okay, now that I have your attention, important PSA time. Facebook's data will likely be leaked. Their servers are entirely unprotected at the moment, leaving most of the online world's personal data at stake. I have already looked into a few sample data collections, and they have enough data on each person to write a 9/11 research team-level analysis on each person. The number of facebook users in just the last year is considered to be some number I dont know, but I do know that it has over 2000000000 total entries of personal data. Based on the demographic of facebook, we can reasonably assume that most of these people are over 50. Meaning, statistically speaking, if you are reading this, these are your parents and grandparents. These are the people who loved you and raised you. And now, everything about them is going to be free, unencrypted access to the entire internet. So what can you do? Well, not much really. You could try deleting your account, but this just moves the data to an external server. The best thing you can do is set all of your demographic settings to crazy things, such as living in Antarctica and being 120 years old. Ideally, you could also delete all your posts, but this wont be perfect in itself.

[louistonehill]

PSA Meta/Facebook/Threads/Instagram is now using your content for generative AI. There is a form to opt out, although I don't know if it'll make a difference, but here it is:

source

Also as far as I know, from everyone who've tried to use it, the form doesn't work

I don't use most of these services anymore, but if you post images of any kind I can recommend using glaze at the very least to help poison the well

[scarasmood]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-opt-out-of-instagram-and-facebook-using-your-posts-for-ai/

Please moots, go read this article and follow these steps to prevent Meta from using your (personal) pictures for AI training! ❤️

[nerdby]

Just a quick heads up: FB, IG, and Threads now requires users to opt out of having their information stolen and used to train AI.

[spynorth]

i’m a nice person but even kindness has its limitations to what someone is entitled to deal with. I’m curating my social media spaces and tumblr is getting the biggest overhaul. softblocking does not mean i don’t support you or don’t wish you the best, it simply means i have a debilitating mental illness which is easily triggered by psychosocial stressors and i gotta start distancing myself. guilt tripping on the dash, posting a plethora of hate anons, posting excessive drama ... every time i see it, i feel like i have to bend over backwards to turn your day around and i just cannot anymore. i owe no explanations but people are so quick to weaponize softblocking as being critical or judgmental and its not. you do you, buddy ... just ... do it over there and off my dash.