Kristen Bell is a Meta AI voice after criticizing company in post
Meta’s new stable of celebrities who’ve agreed to lend their voices to the chatbot Meta AI includes Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Awkwafina, Keegan Michael Key and Kristen Bell. However, about four months ago, Bell wanted no part of AI.
"Get rid of the AI program," Bell posted on her Instagram account along with a repost of language that some believe bars Meta or other companies from using content from their profiles to train AI platforms. "I own the copyright to all images and posts submitted to my Instagram profile and therefore do not consent to Meta or other companies using them to train generative AI platforms," the boilerplate post reads. Many people, including celebrities, have reposted the sentence.
To actually opt out of allowing your content to be part of Meta’s AI training:
- On Facebook, navigate to the Meta Privacy Center, click “data settings” and then “off-Facebook activity”
- Select "manage your data" and turn off “data sharing” and “AI model training”
- On Instagram, click “settings,” then “about” and then select “privacy policy”
Meta is banking on its social media giants Instagram and Facebook, as well as its messaging, video, and voice service WhatsApp, to attract users. Bell has not offered an explanation for her change of heart.
Meta AI's Imagine Features Expansion
Meta AI's Imagine features, which use generative AI to turn text prompts into images, are now being expanded across Facebook and Instagram, the company announced at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday. With the update, users will be able to use prompts to generate AI photos directly in their feed, Stories, and for their Facebook profile pictures. Once the images are shared, friends and followers can see them, react to them, or even mimic them, Meta says.
New Features and Capabilities
Meta is infusing Meta AI with a load of new features in the hopes that more people will find its assistant useful. Meta is allowed to scrape users’ public posts and photos to train its AI. Sharing a copypasta on Instagram Stories isn't going to stop that.
Meta AI is starting to catch up with Google when it comes to AI-powered photo editing. On Wednesday, at the Meta Connect 2024 conference, the tech giant announced that Meta AI will now be able to help you edit photos using AI technology and answer questions about the photos you share. The additional features are made possible because Meta AI is gaining multimodal capabilities, powered by its Llama 3.2 models.
Meta Connect 2024 Updates
Meta Connect 2024 is a developer-centric event featuring a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This included everything from new Quest headsets, updates to Meta’s Llama AI model, and even a new fully AR glasses prototype. Meta Connect 2024 kicked off live at 10 a.m. PT Wednesday, September 25.
New Voice Mode for Meta AI
Meta’s AI assistant, Meta AI, is getting a new voice mode of sorts. At the Meta Connect 2024 developer conference in Menlo Park on Wednesday morning, Meta announced that Meta AI can now respond back to questions out loud across platforms where it's available: Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook. Users can choose from several voices, including the AI clones of celebrities that Meta hired for the purpose: Awkwafina, Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kristen Bell.
Meta Connect 2024 kicks off today at 10 a.m. PT, with a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The developer event is set to focus on Meta’s XR (VR and AR) platforms, the metaverse, and the Facebook parent’s open source generative AI platform, Llama.
