A set of parents and their children in Illinois and California filed a lawsuit last week in federal court in Chicago alleging that Meta illegally used their Facebook and Instagram photos to build NameTag, an unreleased face-recognition system for its… Read More "Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems"
San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
San Francisco’s city attorney has hit Meta with a cease-and-desist letter telling the company to stop “allowing” paid advertisements that include AI-generated child sexual abuse content and asked it to explain how the ads repeatedly ran on its platforms. On… Read More "San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads"
Meta Launches Personal AI Agent, Muse, Emphasizes Safety and Privacy
Meta launched on Tuesday a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company’s words, turning “long-term goals into action plans.” The parent company… Read More "Meta Launches Personal AI Agent, Muse, Emphasizes Safety and Privacy"
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
The ads pointed people towards almost 50 apps combined across Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Of the 350 ads, the researchers say that around 300 of them directed people to AI image or video generator ads, with most… Read More "Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids"