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- According to Bluesky, it will not use user posts to train its generative AI.
- At the moment, it only employs AI for the Discover feed and content filtering.
- In the last few days, Bluesky has added hundreds of thousands of new users.
In response to the influx of new users, Bluesky has pledged not to train generative AI on posts on the X alternative.
The assertion contrasts sharply with that of X and another competitor in the social media space, Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. These businesses have either outlined plans to train AI on user-generated material or have already done so.
Bluesky acknowledges that many of its users are artists and other creatives, whose livelihoods could be jeopardized by generative AI. Large language models (LLMs), which are used by generative systems to mimic human intelligence, require synthesizing vast quantities of words, images, videos, and/or artwork produced by humans. Because some businesses might decide to use AI content rather than compensating people for original work, it could result in output that not only plagiarizes but also jeopardizes the livelihood of authors.
The business further states that it currently solely utilizes AI for content moderation, which includes shielding human moderators from offensive content and to display suggested posts in the Discover stream. Due to their frequent exposure to brutally violent, pornographic, or hateful content, human censors on social networks are susceptible to trauma.
In the wake of the 2024 US presidential election, which will see Donald Trump retake the presidency in January, Bluesky just disclosed that company added 700,000 new users. This is probably due to the fact that Elon Musk, a fervent Trump admirer who is set to co-chair a new Department of Government Efficiency, owns X.
Musk’s strategy for X (formerly Twitter) had already angered a lot of X users. Musk started lifting some of Twitter’s content censorship when he took over the company in October 2022. One such measure was banning Trump for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, uprising at the US Capitol. Hate speech complaints have increased, and some well-known X users, such as author Stephen King, have switched to Bluesky.
