WhatsApp under fire for AI-generated sticker responses to ‘Palestine’

Earlier this year, Meta-owned WhatsApp started testing a new feature that allows users to generate stickers based on a text description using AI. When users search “Palestinian,” “Palestine,” or “Muslim boy Palestine,” the feature returns a photo of a gun or a boy with a gun, a report from The Guardian shows. According to The … Read more

WhatsApp’s sticker AI is adding guns to prompts for Palestinian children

In Meta’s WhatsApp, users can generate stickers using AI prompts. The Guardian reported Friday that the AI model used to create those stickers sometimes generates images of children holding guns when prompted with “Palestine” and similar words. Meanwhile, according to the outlet, “Israel” prompts resulted in no such imagery. A month ago, Meta’s AI sticker … Read more

Censorship, Gore, And The Parental Advisory Sticker

Frank Zappa and Dee Snider testified earlier than the US Senate concerning the Filthy Fifteen – Picture: Mark Weiss/Getty Photos It has been a long time since 15 songs – the so-called “Filthy Fifteen” – have been declared obscene in America. The designation of a Filthy Fifteen was a part of a backlash marketing campaign … Read more