So, Adam Mosseri, the big boss at Instagram, dropped some truth bombs on Threads recently. He was all about warning us how AI’s getting scarily good at cooking up fake images that look legit. Like, ‘can’t tell if it’s real or not’ good.
Mosseri didn’t just stop at the warning, though. He threw down the gauntlet, saying social networks gotta step up their game in checking where content’s coming from. ‘Spotting AI-made stuff? Super important,’ he said, kinda admitting that sometimes, things slip through the cracks.
But here’s the kicker: he thinks platforms should do more than just slap a ‘made by AI’ label on content. They should tell us who’s behind it, so we can play detective and figure out if it’s trustworthy. It’s like that moment you realize you’re chatting with a bot, not a human, and you’re like, ‘Oh, cool, cool… but maybe I’ll double-check that info.’
Now, here’s the plot twist: despite Mosseri’s big ideas, Meta’s platforms are kinda lagging in the tools department. Sure, there’s talk of shaking things up with content moderation, but will they go full Bluesky with user-driven filters? Only time will tell. After all, Meta’s got a history of borrowing a page or two from others’ playbooks.