Meta has today released the new version of its AI model series: Llama 3.2, which for the first time includes vision models that can process both images and text. The larger versions with 11 and 90 billion parameters should be able to compete with closed systems like Claude 3 Haiku for image processing. Also new … Read more
Meta is planning to equip its AI chatbot with the voices of famous actors. According to a source familiar with the plans, users will be able to choose between the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena and others. The new audio feature will be unveiled this week at Meta’s annual Connect conference, Reuters … Read more
Meta is changing the labeling of AI-edited content on its platforms. As the company announced in an updated blog post, the “AI Info” notice will now be found in a menu in the top-right corner of images and videos, Emma Roth reports for The Verge. Users will be able to see if AI info is … Read more
Meta has been using the public posts and photos of adult Facebook and Instagram users to train its AI models – going back in their archives all the way to 2007. This was confirmed by Melinda Claybaugh, Meta’s global privacy director, during a government hearing in Australia, according to ABC News. The data collection includes … Read more
A new method called Transfusion enables the training of models that can process and generate both text and images. As researchers from Meta and other institutions report, Transfusion combines prediction of the next token for text with diffusion for images in a single transformational model. Experiments have shown that this approach scales better than quantizing … Read more
Meta replaces its “Made with AI” tag for photos with “AI Info”. This should eliminate confusion about photos that have only been edited with AI-powered tools.
Google wants to improve the accuracy of its AI models. To avoid “hallucinations,” the company is working with partners such as Moody’s, Thomson Reuters, and ZoomInfo who will feed the AI systems with up-to-date information. A new “confidence score” is also supposed to indicate how confident the AI is in its answer being correct. With … Read more
Meta’s labeling of images as “Made with AI” is causing confusion and criticism. The company wants to identify photos on its platforms that have been created using AI tools, but the automatic label does not work reliably. Many users report that photos that have only been edited with AI are also being labeled. Photographers criticize … Read more
Meta is releasing a series of new AI models for audio, text and watermarks. Meta is also making two sizes of its Chameleon multimodal text model available for research. These models can be used to perform tasks that require both visual and textual understanding, such as image annotation.
Meta apparently wants to use content from Instagram and Facebook to train its AI models. European users will be able to opt out of having their data used for AI training, but they will have to actively request it. Meta’s wording in the email is also vague, suggesting that users must provide a reason for … Read more