Artists Start Trend Feuding With Instagram For Training AI On Their Work

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Meta is under the lens after confirming that it has been training its artificial intelligence image generator with public Instagram photos. At Bloomberg’s Tech Summit, Meta’s chief product officer, Chris Cox, disclosed that the company’s text-to-image model owes its “amazing quality images” to the vast dataset provided by Instagram, citing the platform’s repository of art, fashion, culture, and personal moments as a goldmine for AI training. This admission has ignited controversy, particularly among photographers and artists who feel their creative work is being exploited.

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