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Photographers are complaining about Meta adding their "Made by AI" label to the photographers real photos they've taken. Meta is mistaking real life images as fake, causing the real photographers to lose credit.

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ago by Apprentice (1.5k points)
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From all the information I can find this is true. Normal pictures and drawings have been labeled with an AI tag. Although all information is from 2024 and I can not find any modern examples.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184795/meta-instagram-incorrect-made-by-ai-photo-labels

https://transparency.meta.com/governance/tracking-impact/labeling-ai-content/
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ago by Newbie (300 points)

It is seen/known that Meta is marking photos as “made by AI” in these recent year. Meta is marking them as AI so the photographers/people are not getting the credit they fully deserve. From the information I have gathered, it seems to be true, however, there is not enough credible sources to confirm meta doing this enough. The most recently source is from 2024, which isn’t too valid in modern day. 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-is-changing-artificial-intelligence-labels-after-real-photos-were-marked-as-ai/ 

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184795/meta-instagram-incorrect-made-by-ai-photo-labels

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ago by Novice (920 points)
Summary of Findings

The Verge published an article with the headline, "Meta is incorrectly marking real photos as "Made by AI" in June of 2024. This article was published months after Meta announced that it would start labeling AI generated photos on Instagram and Facebook (NPR). The Verge cited TechCrunch as the original source of the story. TechCrunch reported that multiple photographers (some quoted in their article) have complained about their photos being marked as "Made by AI" after using simple photo editing software. TechCrunch also included screenshots of Instagram posts from real photographers with the incorrect "Made by AI" tag. Although no major media outlets have reported the story, multiple small news sites have reported a similar story to the Verge and TechCrunch. As far as I can tell, this claim is true.

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https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184795/meta-instagram-incorrect-made-by-ai-photo-labels

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/meta-tagging-real-photos-made-with-ai/?guccounter=1

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229317971/meta-labeling-ai-generated-images-instagram-facebook-artificial-intelligence

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-is-labeling-some-real-photos-as-made-with-ai-report-says/
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ago by Newbie (260 points)

This person claims that the company, Meta, is incorrectly marking real content as AI, specifically photographs. From research and my own personal experience, this seems to be true. NPR explains that gaps in the identification process will be filled in by user integrity. This can leave some room for error or incorrect labeling. CNET is explaining more explicitly that Meta has been struggling to identify slop content. I have experienced posting content on social media and having it be marked as AI involvement when that is untrue. Therefore, I believe this claim to be mostly true.
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