Jeff Spencer<p>Hard to see Zucherberg's Meta improving it's already low image, or that of Generative AI, by this move. They just don't care, this is deliberate theft to help recoup the $$$Bn on building capability greater than any realistic revenue model. </p><p>Another good reason to turn off training permissions in any AI tool use with family history documents and source mages. But I still wouldn't trust Meta.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CopyrightTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LiteraryTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> #<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/familyhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>familyhistory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/03/meta-has-stolen-books-authors-to-protest-in-london-against-ai-trained-using-shadow-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/03/meta-has-stolen-books-authors-to-protest-in-london-against-ai-trained-using-shadow-library</span></a></p>