Kristen Bell is named voice of Meta AI just months after slammed tech giant online
A resurfaced Instagram post shows Kristen Bell slamming the Meta AI program just months before she signed up to make the chatbot speak.
The tech giant unveiled five Hollywood A-listers who will lend their voices to its AI chatbot.
Users can choose between the voices of Bell, Awkwafina, Judi Dench, John Cena and Keegan-Michael Key as their AI assistant.
However, The Good Place actress expressed her opposition to the use of her data in an Instagram story in June The edge.
“Instagram, delete the AI program,” Bell said in the post, along with a message circulating on the social media platform claiming the company would deny permission to exploit users’ data.
Kristen Bell has agreed to voice the Meta AI program, despite slamming the program last summer
A resurfaced report shows that the actress has expressed her opposition to the company’s use of her data
‘I own the copyright to all images and posts posted to my Instagram profile and therefore do not consent to Meta or other companies using them to train generative AI platforms. This includes all future AND past posts/stories/threads on my profile.’
Hundreds of thousands of Instagram users – including some celebrities – have fallen for a similar AI meme that claims that if users repost the meme, Instagram and Facebook owner Meta won’t be able to use their information or photos to develop its AI model.
The Instagram post reads: ‘Goodbye Meta AI. Please note that a lawyer advised us to do this. Failure to do so may have legal consequences.
“Since Meta is now a public entity, all members must post a similar statement. If you don’t post at least once, it will be assumed that you are okay with them using your information and photos.
‘I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use my personal information, profile information or photos.’
Meta AI users can choose between the voices of Bell, Awkwafina, Judi Dench, John Cena and Keegan-Michael Key for their AI assistant
Meta faced a backlash earlier this year after announcing it would train its AI offering using public posts, photos and comments shared by adults on Instagram and Facebook in the UK.
It subsequently halted its plans, but on September 13 the company announced that it will begin training in the coming months. The hoax post comes in response to these proposals.
Republishing a message stating that you do not want your information used has absolutely no power, and Meta has said that the company would not consider sharing this meme a valid form of objection.
The only way to opt out of this type of data sharing is through the platform’s own process – or by opting out of the app completely.