Meta has cut deals for high-profile actors to lend their voices to its Meta AI chatbot, with Kristen Bell among the initial voices. Bell’s voice is a bit surprising. In June, he openly voiced his opposition to Meta’s AI using his data.
He retweeted a popular Instagram message, refusing to agree to using Meta to train large language models and demanding that Instagram “get rid of the AI program.”
By re-registering, users deny Meta permission to use their personal data for these purposes, the instruction states. Celebrities like Jessica Chastain, Sarah Paulson and Ashley Tisdale They have reposted the latest version of this notification — Resubscribing doesn’t exclude you.
The unrest comes after Meta updated its terms of service in June, which allows the company to use posts, images and online tracking data to train its Llama 3 AI model. You can opt out of posting on Instagram through a series of settings.
The role of AI in the creative industries has sparked intense debate, with entertainment union SAG-AFTRA fighting to ensure their members are not replaced by AI without consent and working with the state of California to pass AI bills that would restrict AI actor clones. But artists and actors aren’t anti-tech — they just want to be fairly compensated. In the meta case, The Wall Street Journal reports that Actors were paid millions for their roles.
Reps for Meta and Bell did not respond edgeRequests for comment.
