Meta Plans A Less Punitive AI-Generated Content Policy via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Meta announced an update to its AI labeling policy, expanding its explanation of “manipulated media” to spell beyond AI-generated videos, to present see deceptive audio and images connected Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

An important diagnostic of the caller argumentation is it’s sensitivity connected being perceived arsenic being restrictive of state of expression. Rather than follow the attack of removing problematic contented Meta is alternatively simply labeling it. Meta introduced 2 labels, “Made with AI” and “Imagined with AI,” to marque wide what contented was created oregon altered with AI.

New Warning Labels

The AI-generated contented volition trust connected identifying the signals of AI-authorship and self-reporting:

“Our ‘Made with AI’ labels connected AI-generated video, audio, and images volition beryllium based connected our detection of industry-shared signals of AI images oregon radical self-disclosing that they’re uploading AI-generated content”

Content that is importantly misleading whitethorn person much salient labels truthful that users tin get a amended understanding.

Harmful contented that violates the Community Standards, specified arsenic contented that incites violence, predetermination interference, bullying oregon harassments volition suffice for removal, careless if it is quality oregon AI generated.

Reason For Meta’s Updated Policy

The archetypal AI labeling argumentation was created successful 2020 and due to the fact that of the authorities of the exertion it was narrowly defined confined to addressing deceptive videos (the benignant that depicted nationalist figures saying things they ne'er did). Meta’s Oversight Board recognized that exertion has progressed to the constituent that a caller argumentation was needed. The caller argumentation accordingly expands to present code AI-generated audio and images, successful summation to videos.

Based On User Feedback

Meta’s process for updating their rules look to person anticipated pushback from each sides. Their caller argumentation is based connected extended feedback from from a wide scope of stakeholder and input from the wide public. The caller argumentation besides has the flexibility to crook if needed.

Meta explains:

“In Spring 2023, we began reevaluating our policies to spot if we needed a caller attack to support gait with accelerated advances… We completed consultations with implicit 120 stakeholders successful 34 countries successful each large portion of the world. Overall, we heard wide enactment for labeling AI-generated contented and beardown enactment for a much salient statement successful high-risk scenarios. Many stakeholders were receptive to the conception of radical self-disclosing contented arsenic AI-generated.

…We besides conducted nationalist sentiment probe with much than 23,000 respondents successful 13 countries and asked radical however societal media companies, specified arsenic Meta, should attack AI-generated contented connected their platforms. A ample bulk (82%) favour informing labels for AI-generated contented that depicts radical saying things they did not say.

…And the Oversight Board noted their recommendations were informed by consultations with civil-society organizations, academics, inter-governmental organizations and different experts.”

Collaboration And Consensus

Meta’s announcement explains that they program for the policies to support up with the gait of exertion by revisiting it with organizations similar the Partnership connected AI, governments and non-governmental organizations.

Meta’s revised argumentation emphasizes the request for transparency and discourse for AI-generated content, that removal of contented volition beryllium based connected violations of their assemblage standards and that the preferred effect volition beryllium to statement perchance problematic content.

Read Meta’s announcement

Our Approach to Labeling AI-Generated Content and Manipulated Media

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