Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts.

Instagram is a necessity for many artists, who use the platform to promote their work and solicit paying clients. But Meta is using public posts to train its generative AI systems, and only European users can opt out, since they’re protected by GDPR laws. Generative AI has become so front-and-center on Meta’s apps that artists reached their breaking point

  • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I’m all for replacing the s at the beginning of words with z so you read it in an exaggerated German accent, but you gotta be consistent

    Really hoping to zee a zurge in ze demand for “Anti-AI” zoftware/zervices/community

    Fixed that for you there, Goebbels