The next time you scroll through your Instagram and Facebook feed, you might see a video ad edited with AI. That’s because Meta is testing new AI video editing capabilities that will allow advertisers to animate an image as well as expand the borders of a video.

Meta has started notifying UK Facebook and Instagram users of its AI data-hoovering efforts -- here's how you can 'opt out.'

Despite Meta's strict policies prohibiting the promotion and sale of firearms, gun-related ads continue to appear on its social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

Commentary: AI-generated recommended posts will be the final nail in the coffin of my Instagram and Facebook feeds, if Meta goes through with its experiment.

With the update, users will be able to use prompts to generate AI photos directly in their feed, Stories, and for their Facebook profile pictures.

While the announcement that Meta would be utilizing public posts to train its AI model, a ChatGPT-like program called Llama 2 — there has since been an updated version — was made a year ago, a recent plan for collecting data on United Kingdom users in coming months is bringing worry and fury from many across the pond.