The company #Meta recently released #Llama 3.1, an #AI model they claim is "open source".

This is false. Llama 3.1 is NOT open source.

They released it under a license which under 1.b.iv. demands you agree to an "acceptable use policy" which basically forbids using it in any way they don't like. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meta-llama/llama-models/main/models/llama3_1/LICENSE

This is a violation of rule 6 in the Open Source Definition: No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor. https://opensource.org/osd

#OpenSource #debunk #bullshit

The Open Source Definition

Introduction Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. Free Redistribution The licens…

^{Open Source Initiative}

@pfefferle Yes. #WordPress (https://wordpress.org) links to their #Instagram account on the homepage: https://www.instagram.com/wordpress

In turn, their official handle links to their #Threads account.

Someone in the WordPress foundation needs to contact #Meta & have their account verified & activate #ActivityPub on their Threads account.

They also need to install the ActivityPub plugin so we can follow updates from the #Fediverse.

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS - WordPress.org

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

^{WordPress.org}

Meta is already using it’s user’s data in the USA, But its brazen attempt to use EU user data and introduce Meta AI won’t pass! 🙅 🧐

Read more here 👉👉https://tuta.com/blog/noyb-privacy-win-meta-ai

#MetaAi #Meta #AI #NYOB #Privacyrights #gdpr #GDPR #AI #Tuta #privacy

Meta wants your data to train its AI without your consent.

Making its users test subjects for this experimental technology.

ORG has complained to the UK data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office. We’re calling on them to prevent the processing of data for this purpose.

Read our latest blog ⬇️

#Meta #Facebook #dataprotection #GDPR #privacy #digitalrights #AI

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/meta-wants-to-makes-us-its-ai-guinea-pigs/

Meta Wants to Make Us its AI Guinea Pigs

Meta, the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, has announced plans to repurpose most of the personal data that they ever collected about you, to train their “artificial intelligence (AI) technologies” — without, of course, asking your permission…

^{Open Rights Group}

The #AI label from #Meta angered photographers after it tagged real-life pictures that had been retouched in editing tools like #Photoshop.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190026/meta-instagram-facebook-made-with-ai-info-label-metadata

#news #photo #photo #label #instagram #technologie

Instagram’s ‘Made with AI’ label swapped out for ‘AI info’ after photographers’ complaints

Meta is replacing its label for AI content after photographers complained that it tagged real-life photos as AI-generated.

^{Richard Lawler (The Verge)}

In den Sozialen #Medien wird mit Daten gezahlt. Das zeigte jüngst Metas Versuch mit den Daten seiner Nutzer/-innen sein #KI-Modell trainieren zu wollen. Aufgrund von massiver Kritik durch #Datenschützer/-innen und Nutzer/-innen verschob #Meta die Einführung seines KI-Assistenten in Europa nun vorerst.

Der Versuch zeigt aber auch, dass die #Erlösmodelle in den Sozialen Medien noch lange nicht ausgeschöpft sind.

Mehr zu den Erlösmodellen liest du unter: https://www.bpb.de/545978

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram and Threads about the integration to the Fediverse:

"So everything has become at least three, if not six, or seven times more difficult than we thought. But we're committed to it, and we're making progress. We have some announcements coming soon. We just gotta get the basics out. You’ve got to be able to not only post to the fediverse, but to get your replies in the app. Ideally, you should be able to follow accounts from the fediverse in Threads, not just follow Threads accounts on Mastodon servers or clients. So there's still plenty of work to do. But I do believe the world is going to become more open over time. And we should lean into that. And if it takes time, it takes time."

https://www.platformer.news/threads-175-million-users-adam-mosseri-interview/

#Fediverse #Threads #Mastodon #FediverseThreads #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Meta

Adam Mosseri on the first year of Threads

With more than 175 million monthly users, Meta has its sights set on overtaking Twitter

^{Casey Newton (Platformer)}

is there any chance you could investigate privacy issues in the VR space? Specifically #META and #Pico ( #Bytedance ).

Can anyone establish what data is being collected from their headsets?

#surveillancecapitalism #dataprivacy

My #FediverseThreads awareness post was flagged by #Facebook as spam.

I guess only #Zuck is allowed to raise awareness about the #Fediverse feature of #Threads. Everyone else are spamming.

:p

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Meta #SocialWeb #MycelialWeb #SNS #socmed

> Meta has caved to European regulators, and agreed to pause its plans to train AI models on EU users' Facebook and Instagram users' posts — a move that the social media giant said will delay its plans to launch Meta AI in the economic zone.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/meta_eu_privacy/

And nothing of value was lost for the people in the EU.

#Meta #AI #ThanksEU

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'

^{Jessica Lyons (The Register)}

"Some instances are already blocking #Threads, and if #Meta becomes too much of a problem, then others would likely do so as well.
And while some had predicted that Meta would never actually embrace Threads, it keeps turning on more functionality, bit by bit. The latest functionality is that users on Threads can now see likes and replies from the wider #Fediverse."

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/27/meta-moves-to-more-directly-connect-to-activitypub-but-is-it-really-open/

Meta Moves To More Directly Connect To ActivityPub, But Is It Really Open?

Meta is actually making moves to live up to its promise to integrate Threads into the open ActivityPub standard used by a variety of “fediverse” platforms such as Mastodon and Pixelfed. It’s a fund…

^Techdirt