SMRTR AIJun 28, 2025Hacker News

Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos

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Meta is exploring access to users' unpublished photos on Facebook through a new "cloud processing" feature. While currently not training AI models on these images, Meta's future plans and rights over camera roll photos remain unclear. The opt-in feature allows Meta to analyze and retain personal information from unpublished photos, raising privacy concerns.

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