@ghouston @androcat @randahl
At that past time it was simply noticing the adverts they were served reflected their 'new' state even though they hadn't said anything to anyone. The report at the time, by memory, said the pattern recognition was picking up correlations that human researchers hadn't thought about. But I 'll need to see if I could refind the reports. Later when work isn't shouting at me.

@androcat @randahl
I gathered it was machine learning changes in some behaviour patterns. Not spying by listening in. We'll need to go to evidential mode. I only have a recollection of reports from about 5 years ago.

@androcat @randahl
... it's not just LLMs though. Those algorithms that enable FB to 'know' someone's pregnant can serve other purposes relating to what's happening in someone's life...