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Title: Facebook Is Asking To Use Meta AI On Photos In Your Camera Roll You
Haven't Yet Shared

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/27/19542...

Facebook is prompting users to opt into a feature that uploads photos from
their camera roll -- even those not shared on the platform -- to Meta's
servers for AI-driven suggestions like collages and stylized edits. While
Meta claims the content is private and not used for ads, opting in allows the
company to analyze facial features and retain personal data under its broad
AI terms, raising privacy concerns. TechCrunch reports: The feature is being
suggested to Facebook users when they're creating a new Story on the social
networking app. Here, a screen pops up and asks if the user will opt into
"cloud processing" to allow creative suggestions. As the pop-up message
explains, by clicking "Allow," you'll let Facebook generate new ideas from
your camera roll, like collages, recaps, AI restylings, or photo themes. To
work, Facebook says it will upload media from your camera roll to its cloud
(meaning its servers) on an "ongoing basis," based on information like time,
location, or themes. The message also notes that only you can see the
suggestions, and the media isn't used for ad targeting. However, by tapping
"Allow," you are agreeing to Meta's AI Terms. This allows your media and
facial features to be analyzed by AI, it says. The company will additionally
use the date and presence of people or objects in your photos to craft its
creative ideas. [...] According to Meta's AI Terms around image processing,
"once shared, you agree that Meta will analyze those images, including facial
features, using AI. This processing allows us to offer innovative new
features, including the ability to summarize image contents, modify images,
and generate new content based on the image," the text states. The same AI
terms also give Meta's AIs the right to "retain and use" any personal
information you've shared in order to personalize its AI outputs. The company
notes that it can review your interactions with its AIs, including
conversations, and those reviews may be conducted by humans. The terms don't
define what Meta considers personal information, beyond saying it includes
"information you submit as Prompts, Feedback, or other Content." We have to
wonder whether the photos you've shared for "cloud processing" also count
here.

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