Meta uses public Instagram and Facebook photos and text to train its AI text-to-image generator. Meta executive Chris Cox told Bloomberg's Tech Summit the company doesn't "train on private stuff." The chief product officer's comments come as Big Tech firms race to get data to train AI models. AdvertisementBig Tech firms are scrambling for AI training data and Meta seems to have one big advantage over its rivals: using Instagram and Facebook photos. "We don't train on private stuff, we don't train on stuff that people share with their friends, we do train on things that are public," he said.

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Persons: Chris Cox, — Organizations: Bloomberg's Tech Summit, Big Tech, Service, Bloomberg's Tech, Business