The content of the ad seems a bit on-the-nose given how much of Instagram is devoted to onanistic preening...
>onanistic preening
Like if it was "buy this shit", or "your next location sponsored by bud lite" then yeah, but its not an advert.
The post is literally advertising MetaAI's product??? Do you know what an advert's definition is?
> Do you know what an advert's definition is?
according to this: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/advertisement its not.
Look, I don't like meta any more than you do. But this is a service that is provided by them. Its not an advert, meta aren't making money from generating that user's likeness, or any other.
I don't like GenAI, its going to ruin an industry I love, one I wanted to return to. When the bubble pops, its probably going to make me loose my job too. But this isn't an advert.
They did sent mails out last May for instagram (and fb iirc too) in the EU saying you can opt-out of processing in their AI 'improvements'. It was done by filling out a form where you had to tell in a few words why you don't want to participate. Acc. to the message changes came into place on 26th June 2024.
> "(...) we will now rely on a legal basis called legitimate interests to use your data and to develop and improve AI on Meta's services. This means that you have the right to object to the way your data is used for this purpose. If your objection is recognised, it will automatically be recognised in the future."
I'd say it's like you'd develop your photos at the workshop where they say they can randomly use their clients photos in ads in your local papers or whatever. And then you do bump on a poster of your local travel agency including yourself lying on the beach in Saint-Tropez/France slapped all over the city. Where of course you haven't been to France at all.
Hence the bit in the title: “Used Meta AI to edit a selfie, now instagram is using my face on ads targeted at me.”