Facebook's AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone | TechCrunch

"A Facebook feature that gives Meta AI the ability to suggest edits to photos stored on your phone's camera roll, but haven't yet been shared, is now rolling out to all users in the U.S. and Canada. The company announced on Friday that users can choose to opt in to receive these sharing suggestions, which will then prompt them to post photos to their Facebook Feed and Stories with the AI edits. First launched as a test over the summer, Facebook's app pops up a permission dialog box requesting access to "allow cloud processing" so users can get "creative ideas made for you from your camera roll." This box explains that the feature could offer ideas like collages, recaps, AI restyling, birthday themes, and more for the end user."

"For the AI to work, Facebook's app would upload images from your device to its cloud on an ongoing basis. This allows Meta's AI to make its suggested edits. Meta says users' media will not be used for ad targeting purposes, and it won't use the media to improve its AI systems, unless the user takes the step of editing the media or sharing the edited photos with friends or others on its social network. The feature can be disabled at any time. Though Meta may not train its AI on all your photos, when you agree to Meta's AI Terms of Service, you permit your media and facial features to be analyzed by AI. The terms say that, by processing your photos, Meta has the ability to "summarize image contents, modify images, and generate new content based on the image.""

Facebook can suggest AI edits for photos stored on a user’s phone and prompt sharing to Feed and Stories when users opt in. The app requests permission to allow cloud processing and may offer ideas such as collages, recaps, AI restyling, and birthday themes. Images are uploaded to Meta’s cloud on an ongoing basis so the AI can create suggestions. Meta says uploaded media will not be used for ad targeting or to train its AI unless users edit or share the media. Users can disable the feature. Meta’s AI Terms permit analysis of media and facial features to summarize, modify, and generate new content.

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