Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to pay for AI training data

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the value of individual content for AI training is overestimated. In an interview with The Verge, he explains that while Meta will partner for important content, it would rather not pay for it. Zuckerberg sees the need to rethink fair use in the age of AI. Meta and other …

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Meta integrates more AI image features

Meta is expanding its “Imagine” AI image creation features to Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. Users can now use text input to create AI-generated images directly in their feeds, stories and for profile pictures. This was reported by Sarah Perez at TechCrunch. According to Meta, the new features should make posts more attractive and help them …

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Meta Llama 3.2 is here

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 …

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Meta’s chatbot gets voices from famous actors

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 …

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AI notice less prominent on Instagram and Facebook

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 …

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Public posts on Facebook and Instagram as AI training material

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 …

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Transfusion enables combined text and image models

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 …

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Meta replaces AI tag’s wording

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.

Updates from Google and Meta

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 …

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Meta’s “Made with AI” label causes confusion

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 …

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