Artists flee Insta/Meta - no way to opt out of AI scraping

[pixy0stix]

Artists are fleeing Instagram to keep their work out of Meta’s AI

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/06/instagram-meta-ai-training-cara/

Summary since the article isn't a gift - Meta is using public posts to train their version of AI. Artists are suing because of copyright infringement, but Meta claims the content falls under '“fair use” laws that allow for remixes and interpretations of existing content.'

Then on the flipside - IG has been tagging any photos using common photo retouches as AI. Not a news article, but it explains what is going on and matches the accounts of a couple of photogs I follow - www.diyphotography.net/instagram-is-now-labeling-real-photos-as-made-with-ai/

[picksthemusic]

Here's a gift link:

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[redheadbaker]

Not just Insta. Adobe (the creator of PhotoShop, Illustrator and other design software) caused a huge uproar with their new Terms of Service.

www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/adobe-defends-terms-of-service-changes-amid-gen-ai-explosion/

"Photoshop maker Adobe has run afoul of its user base with changes to its terms of service that, among other things, give it the right to look at your files and existing projects in the name of content moderation.

In Adobe's words, the changes clarify that the company "may access your content through both automated and manual methods, such as for content review."

Adobe's reasoning for giving itself the right to comb through user content is the detection and removal of illegal content, such as child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, as well as abusive content or behavior, including spam and phishing.

The company also cited the advent of generative AI, a breakthrough technology that makes it much easier to create realistic images and human-sounding text and audio.

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Adobe's loose, wide-reaching language could potentially give the company carte blanche to scan, look at and review any content that passes through an Adobe app or Adobe Cloud servers. This has irked creators, who took to Reddit to complain about the changes, because many of them use Adobe products for professional work that is generally sensitive.

One such example is NDA work -- content that is protected by a nondisclosure agreement. The creator signs such an agreement to get access to files with the expectation that they keep the files stashed away from prying eyes until the date when the nondisclosure agreement expires. It's understandable that people in that space don't want Adobe looking at something that the creator doesn't have permission to show."

[SwimDeep]

I use multiple Adobe products for work. Mostly for customer-facing, public stuff (so nothing highly sensitive), but it's the cybersecurity field and Adobe's new language feels like a pretty big breach. I can't imagine my company ever being okay with that. Curious to see if anyone gets a class action lawsuit together 🤔

[redheadbaker]

Jun 10, 2024 5:34:10 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

I use multiple Adobe products for work. Mostly for customer-facing, public stuff (so nothing highly sensitive), but it's the cybersecurity field and Adobe's new language feels like a pretty big breach. I can't imagine my company ever being okay with that. Curious to see if anyone gets a class action lawsuit together 🤔

We're in the financial services sector and IT has our work computers so locked down for security, I can't even update my own Adobe apps. I can't imagine they'll be ok with Adobe's new TOS language, even though the designers don't use any protected information (SSNs, for example) in our work, though we do have NDA work for partnerships and mergers before they are publicized. 

[nsl]

I can't believe Adobe thought its customers would just go along with those TOS changes.