evidence: A new message appeared for European users of Instagram and Facebook mobile applications this month, informing them that their public posts could be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) from June 26. [...] Parent company Meta said in a statement last week that they would begin notifying people in the UK and EU about how they will use "public information they have shared on Meta's products and services to develop and improve AI at Meta within their respective privacy laws". [...] Meta has said it is investing "aggressively" to support AI research and product development efforts, according to a press release from last month.