#AI #GenerativeAI #LinkedIn #AITraining #Privacy #DataProtection: "LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms.
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#AI #GenerativeAI #LinkedIn #AITraining #Privacy #DataProtection: "LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms.
LinkedIn users in the U.S. — but not the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, likely due to those regions’ data privacy rules — have an opt-out toggle in their settings screen disclosing that LinkedIn scrapes personal data to train “content creation AI models.” The toggle isn’t new. But, as first reported by 404 Media, LinkedIn initially didn’t refresh its privacy policy to reflect the data use.
The terms of service have now been updated, but ordinarily that occurs well before a big change like using user data for a new purpose like this. The idea is it gives users an option to make account changes or leave the platform if they don’t like the changes. Not this time, it seems.
So what models is LinkedIn training? Its own, the company says in a Q&A, including models for writing suggestions and post recommendations. But LinkedIn also says that generative AI models on its platform may be trained by “another provider,” like its corporate parent Microsoft."
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Miguel Afonso Caetanoreplied to Miguel Afonso Caetano last edited by
"LinkedIn is using its users’ data for improving the social network’s generative AI products, but has not yet updated its terms of service to reflect this data processing, according to posts from various LinkedIn users and a statement from the company to 404 Media. Instead, the company says it will update its terms “shortly.”" https://www.404media.co/linkedin-is-training-ai-on-user-data-before-updating-its-terms-of-service/
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEreplied to Miguel Afonso Caetano last edited by
@remixtures The automatic opt in happened to me in the UK ... but we do still have a GDPR which isn't yet significantly different to the EU one (although it was supposed to be a #brexshit benefit that we could get rid of such nasty forrin nanny state red tape).
Perhaps LinkedIn simply think that the UK government is less likely to go after them than the EU authorities.
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Miguel Afonso Caetanoreplied to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE last edited by
@TimWardCam And I'm afraid they're right to think that...