Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts.

Instagram is a necessity for many artists, who use the platform to promote their work and solicit paying clients. But Meta is using public posts to train its generative AI systems, and only European users can opt out, since they’re protected by GDPR laws. Generative AI has become so front-and-center on Meta’s apps that artists reached their breaking point

  • @QuadratureSurfer
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    228 months ago

    What do you mean by this?:

    Cara, bans us from removing malicious source code

    Is there obviously malicious source code? Is there a policy that specifically says we can’t remove any source code? Is this even open source?

    • Autonomous User
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      8 months ago

      ‘Open source’ is created to subvert libre software. The ban alone is a 🚩 red flag.

      • @Warl0k3
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        218 months ago

        Waht is “libre software”? this is a totally new term to me and searching for it has turned up nothing.

        • Autonomous User
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          Literally the first search result is here but even better is this video here.

          • @Warl0k3
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            138 months ago

            You understand that search results are different for different people, right? I’ve been a dev for… an embarrassingly long time, I’ve never heard “libreware” outside of specifically the libreoffice suite. Sorry I’m not as in-tune with the slang as you are or whatever.

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                YES, IT DOES, THATS MY ENTIRE POINT.

                  • @Warl0k3
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                    38 months ago

                    Lmao, okay thats patheticly bad baiting. Come on.

        • @Zak
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          168 months ago

          They’re using loaded language to say that without access to the source code and the ability to modify it, Cara could start behaving in a way you don’t like and you wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

          • Autonomous User
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            8 months ago

            Meta uses loaded language to takeover our computing.

          • @QuadratureSurfer
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            118 months ago

            What does copyright law have to do with a ban on removing malicious code?

            • Autonomous User
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              What do you think bans it? Copyright law, unless they include, for example, a libre software license.

              • @QuadratureSurfer
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                98 months ago

                You realize that copyright law still applies… whether you add some additional license to your software or not… right?

                • Autonomous User
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                  You know its license changes what we are allowed to do with it?