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Oct 02 from https://arstechnica.com/

Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users may want to be extra careful while using Meta AI, as Meta has announced that it will soon be using AI interactions to personalize content and ad recommendations without giving users a way to opt out. Meta plans to notify users on October 7 that their AI interactions will influence recommendations beginning on December 16. However, it may not be...

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Oct 02 from https://fortune.com/section/tech/

Meta just tied your private AI chats to its ad business. The next step? Designing bots that keep you talking, expert says

Meta is about to make your chats with its AI assistant part of its advertising machine, the company announced Wednesday. Beginning Dec. 16, conversations with Meta AI—the company’s chatbot embedded across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and even its new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses—will be used to determine which ads and recommendations show up in your feed. The company will start formally...

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Oct 01 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Meta will soon use your conversations with its AI chatbot to sell you stuff

New York — Meta will soon use what people tell its artificial intelligence chatbot to get even better at selling them things. The company said on Wednesday that users’ chats and interactions with Meta AI will soon be used to target them with even more personalized ads. Users will start seeing notices of the change next week, but it won’t kick in until December 16. Meta already targets users...

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Sep 08 from https://www.404media.co/

Instagram Account Promotes Holocaust Denial T-Shirts to 400,000 Followers

An Instagram account with almost 400,000 followers is promoting racist and antisemitic t-shirts, another sign that Meta is unable or unwilling to enforce its own policies against hate speech. 404 Media flagged the account to Meta as well as specific racist posts that violate its hate speech policies, but Meta didn’t remove the account and the vast majority of its racist posts.

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