Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account could be used in AI creations without the account owner's permission. "Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts t
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Meta announced a feature that allowed users to generate AI images by referencing public Instagram accounts through tagging, without requiring permission from account owners. The feature drew significant backlash from critics who argued it threatened users' rights to their own likeness and could be misused for harmful purposes like sextortion. Meta has now disabled the feature entirely, acknowledging in a statement that it "missed the mark," though the company had initially offered an opt-out option before shutting it down completely.
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