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A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Stopthatgirl7 to c/technology
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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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm very wary of the measures that could potentially pass if the some of the anti-AI art people get their way. I know how messy and difficult putting fair-use material in YouTube can be. There would be more of that in more platforms.

I agree unregulated AI is problematic. At the same time, I'm cynical on what the actual measures would look like.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I agree unregulated AI is problematic. At the same time, I'm cynical on what the actual measures would look like.

OMG, Thank you, this is the correct take.