Comment on Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos

Mahlzeit@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Esqplorer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder how they worked around user violations of copyright… Imagine all the content uploaded to Instagram/Facebook that the poster didn’t create but simply uploaded their download/screenshot.

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  • Mahlzeit@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That shouldn’t be an issue. If you look at an unauthorized image copy, you’re not usually on the hook (unless you are intentionally pirating). It’s unlikely that they needed to get explicit “consent” (ie license the images) in the first place.

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    • GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah but is it the same thing for a human to view data and an AI model to be trained on it? Not in my opinion as an AI doesn’t understand the concept of intellectual property and just spits out the most likely next word whereas a person can recognize when they are copying something.

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      • Mahlzeit@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I understand. The idea would be to hold AI makers liable for contributory infringement, reminiscent of the Betamax case.

        I don’t think that would work in court. The argument is much weaker here than in the Betamax case, and even then it didn’t convince. But yes, it’s prudent to get the explicit permission, just in case of a case.

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