Meta stops training Facebook users with AI

At the beginning of the week we announced that Meta trained his AI with publicly available data of its users
on Facebook and Instagram without consent in Europe, until now. And this was the same weekend that Irish privacy regulator
(DPC) asked Meta stay and postpone training. More precisely, Ireland has officially asked to postpone the implementation of the plan to use the data of Facebook and Instagram users. But it was not the only one.

Ireland’s raising its voice was due to numerous complaints that came to light after Meta’s actions came to light. Specific, advocacy group called NOYB, complained to European data protection authorities. These include Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain. Following this, it is common knowledge that Ireland became the first country to ask Meta to cease its activities.

Meta uses the personal data of billions of people to train its artificial intelligence models.

That’s right, Meta (formerly Facebook), take advantage all information published by its users to train your artificial intelligence (AI) models. Not only does it use the personal data of all Facebook and Instagram users, but also without asking your consent. Although, of course, Meta apologized, indicating that she would use information from the Internet. public and licensed.

Mehta acknowledged this weekend that an Irish privacy watchdog had asked about it. it will delay learning of their Large Language Models (LLMs). The reason is that they train using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram.

“We are disappointed by the request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Our chief regulator on behalf of the European DPAs… not least because we have taken into account the regulators’ comments and the European DPAs have been informed since March. “Meta reported this on his official blog.

Meta says the Irish request is a step back for European innovation and competition in AI development: “Simply put, without including local information we could only offer people a second-rate experience. This means that we cannot launch Meta AI in Europe yet. “

Ireland’s Data Protection Authority is pleased with Meta’s pause

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) also welcomed Mehta’s decision. And Meta also had a requirement from the ICO. And yes, this also comes with the problems that this entails. use personal information millions of users to train AI models. With this pause the Meta will be obliged ensure the protection of users’ information rights British.

Returning to the essence of the complaints, NOYB President Max Schrems attributed Meta’s temporary shutdown to complaints filed by the group last week.

“At this time, there have been no formal changes to Meta’s privacy policy that would make this commitment legally binding. The cases before us are ongoing and will require resolution.” He indicated in the official community.