Snapchat Reserves the Right To Use AI-Generated Images of Your Face In Ads
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/228242/snapchat-reserves-the-right-to-use-ai-generated-images-of-your-face-in-ads
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> A [2]support page on the Snapchat website titled "What is My Selfie?" explains further: "You'll take selfies with your Snap camera or select images from your camera roll. These images will be used to understand what you look like to enable you, Snap and your friends to generate novel images of you. If you're uploading images from the camera roll, only add images of yourself," Snapchat's site says. "After you've successfully onboarded, you may have access to some features powered by My Selfie, like Cameos stickers and AI Snaps. We are constantly adding features and functionality so stay tuned for more My Selfie features."
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> After seeing the popup, I searched for instances of people getting ads featuring their own face on Snapchat, and found this thread on the [3]r/Privacy Reddit community where a user claimed exactly this happened to them. In an email to 404 Media, Snapchat said that it couldn't confirm or deny whether this user was served an ad featuring their face, but if they did, the ad was not using My Selfie images. Snapchat also said that it investigated the claim in the Reddit thread and that the advertiser, yourdreamdegree.com, has a history of advertising on Snapchat and that Snapchat believes the ad in question does not violate any of its policies. "The photo that was used in the advertisement is clearly AI, however, it is very clearly me," the Reddit user said. "It has my face, my hair, the clothing I wear, and even has my lamp & part of a painting on my wall in the background. I have no idea how they got photos of me to be able to generate this ad."
Snapchat confirmed the news but emphasized that advertisers do not have access to Snapchat users' generative AI data. "You are correct that our terms do reserve the right, in the future, to offer advertising based on My Selfies in which a Snapchatter can see themselves in a generated image delivered to them," a Snapchat spokesperson said. "As explained in the onboarding modal, Snapchatters have full control over this, and can turn this on and off in My Selfie Settings at any time."
[1] https://www.404media.co/snapchat-reserves-the-right-to-use-ai-generated-images-of-your-face-in-ads/
[2] https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25312335775380-What-is-My-Selfie?ref=404media.co
[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1dtnjvn/i_was_served_an_ad_that_featured_an_ai_photo_of/?ref=404media.co
Ad normalization is a horrorifying (Score:2)
People use "apps," instead of web browsers, to access these websites, so ad blocking will be harder.
People will see ads with their own photos in it.
Is my burning hatred and loathing simply explained by "he's old" or do some youngsters hate this shit too? Am I being irrational? I realize "rational" doesn't quite fit in the same context as "burning hatred" but I nevertheless am convinced I'm right .. just like any other insane person. Sigh.
One more thing I'm glad I never ever used (Score:2)
Ridiculous.
The US needs a stronger version of GDPR (Score:2)
Something like this probably doesn't fly with the EU's GDPR, and the US (really all countries) needs to take steps to protect the privacy rights of their respective citizens' personal information.
And this is why (Score:3)
I've refused to have photos of me taken or posted online, be it me alone or in groups, including work photos, for the past 20 years.
I've been called a nutter and a crackpot for 20 years. And sadly, I hate to tell you I told you so...
In Soviet Russia... (Score:2)
Ads used to be in your face, now your face is in ads!
How dare your brain provide adblocking by ignoring ads. Henceforth ads will be disguised as your friends synthesized voice and face telling you to install malware.
Is it finally time to make a law enforcing opt-in? (Score:2)
Everything you do digitally is now used to track and sell your data and likeness. Maybe it's time to make a law that any data or likeness collection must be opted into.
If you think just not playing the game by dumping your internet connection, think again - everyone has a camera and most public spaces as well.
Re: (Score:1)
We are in a land-grab situation with AI training data. Anyone who previously was in another business that could get you to fork over some personal info is now trying to tally how much that info is worth to train AI. Due to stock valuations, that "value" might exceed what the company is worth at any given time. So, one serious problem is that the normal method of problem resolution, the courts, may not be able to handle or enable the ability of individuals to safeguard their rights in this domain. It's also