No chain message has the power to stop Instagram and Facebook from using your content to train its artificial intelligence or for any other purpose.
A chain message making the rounds on Instagram, Threads and Facebook in recent weeks is aimed at prohibiting Meta, the social media apps’ parent company, from using people’s content to train its artificial intelligence (AI).
Meta says it uses public Instagram and Facebook posts to train its generative AI models. Generative artificial intelligence is AI that’s used to create something new, such as images, text or videos.
The chain message that people are sharing reads:
“Goodbye Meta AI. Please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement. If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and …