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Meet the Photographer Behind the Social Media App for Everyone Sick of Meta’s AI
Artists are fleeing Meta’s platforms over fears their work will be used to train AI. Photographer Jingna Zhang’s Cara promises protection, but the influx of new users is taxing her niche portfolio app.
Cara began as a side project, but its newfound prominence means that Zhang is now an accidental startup founder, keeping the hours to match. Zhang started Cara to give artists who oppose unethical use of AI a place to share images and network with like-minded peers. It also offers beta integration with Glaze, a tool developed by University of Chicago researchers to give artists a way to stop generative AI companies from training on their work without consent.
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