Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts | TechCrunch
Meta has confirmed that it's restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase.
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Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
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