How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos
What's happening
Meta built an AI image generator (Muse Image) that could pull photos from public Instagram accounts when another user tagged that account, effectively letting people generate images based on someone else's Instagram content without that person's explicit consent. After a public backlash, Meta turned off the Instagram feature and said it removed the capability because feedback showed it "missed the mark." TechCrunch published step-by-step guidance on how users could opt out while the feature was live. Instagram head Adam Mosseri has argued he does not want to filter out AI content from feeds, saying people "shouldn't have it in your feed" if they don't want it.
Why it's trending
This is rising because Meta briefly launched then quickly pulled an Instagram-linked AI image feature that raised consent and deepfake concerns, and people want to know how to protect their photos.
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Your public Instagram photos could be used to make AI images, here's exactly what happened and how Meta briefly let that happen without asking you first, in plain terms.
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- Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available."
TechCrunch AIJul 10 - Meta AI now lets people create deepfakes from other users’ Instagram photos without explicit consentr/artificialJul 8
- Meta removes AI feature on Instagram after global backlashHackerNewsJul 11
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