Meta AI: Facebook wants to scan your photos to train Meta AI! Do this immediately..

Mark Zuckerberg's company Meta is in controversy again. According to a new report, Facebook is now demanding users to give them access to their phone's photos, even if those photos have not been uploaded or shared. According to TechCrunch, a new AI feature 'cloud processing' gives the company access to private photos stored on users' devices. According to the report, when some users were trying to upload a story to Facebook, they saw a prompt asking if they wanted to enable this tool. If they agreed, Meta would regularly scan their phone's photo gallery and upload the images to its cloud. In return, this feature gives creative suggestions such as photo collages, birthday recaps, and AI-generated content.

What will happen if you turn on this feature?

By turning on this feature, you are giving Meta permission to constantly scan and analyze your private photos. AI can recognize faces, places, objects, and timestamps in your photos. It also reads the photo's metadata, such as when and where the photo was taken.

Meta has said that this feature is optional and users can turn it off. If you disable this feature, Meta promises that it will remove your photo from its cloud within 30 days. However, experts say that it is being presented as a fun and creative tool, so users can accept it without fully understanding it. However, this is not the first time Meta has raised privacy concerns. The company has admitted that it has been using public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI since 2007. But it has never clearly explained what "public" content means or what age someone in the data is considered an adult.

What you should do:
Open your Facebook app and see if the Cloud Processing feature is turned on. If it's on, turn it off so Meta isn't constantly scanning and uploading your phone's private photos. Also, be cautious before giving the app access to your entire photo gallery, especially if you're not fully aware of how your data might be used. Privacy experts recommend that users be cautious, because what looks like a helpful tool could be a way for Meta to quietly collect more personal information.

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