Meta used posts from Australian adult users to train its AI without giving them the option to opt out

September 12 (Portaltic/EP) –

Goal has used the publicly shared content by its social media users in Australia to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, without offering them an option to opt out.

The tech firm appeared before Australian authorities on Wednesday as part of a Senate inquiry into the adoption of AI technology. In it, Global Privacy Director Melinda Claybaugh acknowledged collecting data from adult users to train AI.

Claybaugh initially denied using the posts from 2007 to feed his AI products, but eventually acknowledged that unless users had knowingly posted privately, the The company had decided to collect all the photographs and texts shared on Instagram and Facebook since 2007.

This collection affects publications made by Adult users from Australianot by minors, but during the interrogation he clarified that those images shared by adults in which They look youngerfor example, parents posting photos of their children, were also collected, as Reported in ABC.

This, moreover, was done without Australian users having the option to give or deny their consenta possibility that was introduced in the member countries of the European Union, through an objection form.

In June, however, Meta halted plans to train its AI models on public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the EU, citing EU legislation.