sam, I do get upset sometimes that EchoVR is no longer around. I really loved that game and was one of the main reasons I got Quest 2 headset, now there's not much point of a Quest 3 for me.
ai6yr, Yeesh... Meta is using AI to answer questions in discussion groups... with made up people.
https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473
JamesGleick, Meta is deploying chatbots powered by AI to impersonate humans in its discussion groups. The chatbots make stuff up—that is their nature. One invents a nonexistent child. Another pretends to have nonexistent merchandise. It shouldn’t be necessary to explain how vile and poisonous this is, but Casey Fiesler spells it out:
lauren, As much as I dislike #Meta / #Facebook, there is no denying that their Meta Quest 3 VR headset is an amazing piece of technology, and very much a 21st century device. Like smartphones, I have this fantasy of setting one up with lots of local apps, time traveling to the early 1950s, and dropping one on a workbench at Bell Labs. Probably would seriously screw up the timeline though.
br00t4c, Meta rolls out standalone Messenger group chats
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173785/messenger-communities-chats-facebook
mobileatom,
Vivaldi, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, plans to use your photos and posts to train its AI products and services. 🤖
Will you opt-out by filling out the form, or delete your content, or are you planning to leave these platforms? 🤔
#meta #ai #Instagram #facebook #privacy #llm #SocialMedia #photos #video
Obiwan2208,
Arentol, @Vivaldi left years ago
PawelK, Polish Z ciekawostek o #meta
Dobry wieczór!
Meta znów na dywaniku EU. Tym razem za trenowanie AI danymi swoich użytkowników.
Organizacja pozarządowa NOYB (None Of Your Business - Nie Twój Interes) złożyła 11 wniosków przeciwko Mecie w UE oraz wezwała odpowiedzialne organy 11 europejskich państw, w tym Polski, do działania.
Już 26 czerwca wchodzą w życie nowe zasady polityki prywatności, które pozwolą właścicielom Facebook’a wykorzystać lata prywatnych postów, zdjęć czy innych danych zbieranych od użytkowników. Według NOYB Meta bezprawnie wykorzysta dane do trenowania swojej technologii AI.
Meta broni się tłumacząc, że korzysta z dostępnych publicznie danych oraz informacji zamieszczonych przez użytkowników w usługach takich jak Instagram czy Facebook.
Jeżeli państwa członkowskie nie zdążą wstrzymać wejścia w życie nowych zasad przed 26.06, cofnięcie danych nie będzie już możliwe.
kubikpixel, (edited ) German Was soll ich dazu noch sagen, wollt ihr gratis Arbeiten und verstumpfen dabei? Ich überzeuge fast Niemensch sich von diesem Social-Media zu lösen, evt. hilft das.
»„Meta AI“ Assistent – Training mit deinen Daten:
Der Facebook- und Instagram-Konzern Meta will Daten von Nutzer:innen für das Training von KI nutzen. Ein Datenschutzverein legt Beschwerde ein.«📰 https://taz.de/Meta-AI-Assistent/!6012084/
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#meta #facebook #instagram #ki #daten #socialmedia #sozialmedia #datenschutz
mobileatom,
adfichter, German #Meta macht es dahingegen extrem kompliziert, Widerspruch einzulegen. Unter anderem müssen sogar persönliche Gründe angegeben werden. Eine technische Analyse der Opt-out-Links ergab außerdem, dass Meta eine Anmeldung verlangt, um eine ansonsten öffentliche Seite einzusehen. Insgesamt verlangt Meta dadurch von etwa 400 Millionen europäische Nutzer:innen einen Widerspruch, anstatt sie um Einwilligung zu bitten.
https://noyb.eu/de/noyb-urges-11-dpas-immediately-stop-metas-abuse-personal-data-ai
johnleonard, Meta's AI plans are against EU law, says @noybeu's Max Schrems
'This is clearly the opposite of GDPR compliance'
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4268817/metas-ai-plans-eu-law-max-schrems
br00t4c, Meta Withheld Information on Instagram, WhatsApp Deals, FTC Says
br00t4c, A Palestinian former Meta engineer is suing the company for discrimination
https://qz.com/meta-palestinian-employee-sues-suppression-1851521690
br00t4c, Meta Wants Quest to Become the Android of VR
majorlinux, Meanwhile, Twitter is just allowing porn everywhere.
Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content
#Meta #Palestine #Moderation #Instagram #SocialMedia #Tech #FreePalestine
br00t4c, Meta Employee Sues, Alleging Censorship of Pro-Palestine Content and 'Pattern of Bias' at Company
br00t4c, Meta Employee Sues, Claims He Was Canned Over Gaza Content and 'Pattern of Bias' at Company
br00t4c, Meta Quest will soon let you watch Netflix from its web browser
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/4/24171322/meta-quest-3-netflix-browser
br00t4c, Meta is fixing three of the Quest 3's biggest lingering annoyances
carlsetzer, Ah, quintessential #enshittification. I'm sure @pluralistic would agree.
https://gizmodo.com/meta-tests-holding-instagram-hostage-unscrollable-ads-1851517163
FluffyBunnikins, @carlsetzer @pluralistic I’ve been reporting every single ad on Instagram as spam for over a year now. Every. Single. One. I wonder if I’m going to be able to do that to these ‘unskippables’.
pabuisson, Not sure what to do with my photographs. I used to rely on #flickr quite a lot, but it's been the same since 2000, and far from being the greatest solution.
I won't join #meta #instagram, been off from Facebook for 10 years, so I won't go back in this environment.
What's left? #500px maybe? Or #pixelfed could be a viable alternative today? Or maybe even turn my personal #blog in a platform where I can also share photos? 🤨 🤔
nhoizey, @pabuisson you’re welcome!
I built a GitHub Action to POSSE to Mastodon/Pixelfed: https://nicolas-hoizey.com/articles/2023/01/07/let-s-posse-to-mastodon-with-a-feed-and-a-github-action/
madargon, @pabuisson Pixelfed, as I know, is constantly improving. It looks good now. Many users I follow have accounts there. I even plan to introduce there person who didn't use any social media.
br00t4c, Who Can Opt Out of Meta's AI Data Training (and Who Can't)
https://lifehacker.com/tech/opt-out-of-meta-instagram-and-facebook-ai-data-training
br00t4c, Meta Tests Holding Your Instagram Hostage With Unscrollable Ads
https://gizmodo.com/meta-tests-holding-instagram-hostage-unscrollable-ads-1851517163
jrefior, I've been boycotting Meta for idk how long, ~8 years? I think QAnon and misinformation spread on Meta skewed the 2016 election, and thus we have Trump, Dobbs, etc.
But #Meta sure seems to be winning this fight. Almost everyone uses their platforms, even young people.
I don't know if I'll keep the boycott going, there are people I'd like to connect with who won't use anything else.
One advantage of not being there, though, is I haven't had to fend off as many scammers:
https://www.howtogeek.com/892109/how-to-spot-a-whatsapp-scam/