Meta will start labeling political ads that use AI-generated images

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Facebook and Instagram will require political ads on their digital platforms worldwide to divulge if they were created using AI. beginning Jan. 1. The new policy, announced Wednesday by Meta, will display labels disclosing the use of AI on users’ screens whey they click on ads. On Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.
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announced its election year initiatives, including a tool that lets campaigns insert a digital watermark into their ads.