WhatsApp AI sticker <\/a>generator produced images of children smiling or playing football when prompted with “Israeli boy”.<\/p>\n Even more shockingly, the AI didn’t come up with stickers depicting guns when prompted to say “Israeli army” or “Israeli defence forces”. Instead, the AI generator shows people in Israeli military uniforms smiling or praying.<\/p>\n
Meta spokesperson Kevin McAlister told Guardian that the social media behemoth was aware about the issue and was trying to address it. He said,\u201cAs we said when we launched the feature, the models could return inaccurate or inappropriate outputs as with all generative AI systems. We\u2019ll continue to improve these features as they evolve and more people share their feedback.”<\/p>\n
What is WhatsApp AI sticker?<\/p>\n
In a blogpost about the new AI stickers last month, Meta wrote, AI stickers \u201cenable you to effortlessly generate customized stickers for your chats and stories. Using technology from Llama 2 and our foundational model for image generation called Emu, our AI tool turns your text prompts into multiple unique, high-quality stickers in seconds.”<\/p>\n
The AI Stickers feature is aimed at enhancing communication for WhatsApp users. Once generated the new stickers appear in the user’s collection and can be shared with their contacts.<\/p>\n
Netizens react to WhatsApp AI sticker controversy:<\/h2>\n
Social media response to the whole controversy ranged from condemning Meta to even loss of faith in other AI systems like ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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