The Prompt: Meta Faces Backlash Over AI Profiles
This comes just days after Meta faced backlash for AI-generated accounts on Instagram and Facebook that were sloppy and lied to human users (It quickly took down the AI profiles). The company has also started showing users AI-generated versions of themselves in different scenarios, 404 Media reported.
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Quickly, people began criticizing them. Some compared the AI-powered personas to the Netflix sci-fi series Black Mirror, while others used it as proof of the “dead internet theory,” a conspiracy theory that the majority of the internet is currently made up of AI and bot-created content.
Meta quickly deletes AI accounts and posts after intense backlash — what's going on
Initial negative responses were around concern about AI-generated "slop" that already litters Facebook and that Meta would be directly feeding into the feeds itself. The more prominent backlash came as people discovered the accounts describing themselves as actual people with racial and sexual identities.
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Many of the AI bots haven’t shared new content on their grid since early 2024, and it’s unclear how (or if) users have been finding and engaging with these profiles over the past year. Last week, the Financial Times reported that Meta envisions a future where social media platforms are filled with AI bots.
Meta sends its AI-generated profiles to hell where they belong
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Meta deletes AI character profiles after backlash, racism accusations
Meta has shut down its AI character accounts after backlash, NBC News and others have reported. While Meta launched these characters in 2023, along with AI personas with celebrity avatars, many online (re)discovered them this week following a recent Financial Times interview with Meta's VP of product for generative AI,
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Meta deletes its AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles following criticism
It comes a few days after an interview given by a Meta executive brought renewed attention to the AI-powered profiles, which led to a social media backlash against the feature. In August 2023, Meta rolled out a bevy of generative AI features to its social media platforms.
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