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Instagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos
Muse Image allows users to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts. As long as a person's profile is public, another user can tag that account and use their images as part of an AI-generated creation.
TL;DR
- Meta's Muse Image feature allows AI image generation using public Instagram photos.
- Users can tag public accounts and use their photos in AI creations without notification.
- Concerns include lack of consent, potential for harassment, impersonation, and nonconsensual image editing.
- Users can opt out by disabling the "Allow people to use your content on Instagram with AI features on Meta" setting in their profile.
- The launch occurs amid increased integration of AI in social media and calls for stronger privacy protections.
- Public skepticism towards AI is high, with a Pew Research survey showing more concern than excitement.
- Meta has a history of privacy issues, including a $5 billion FTC fine in 2019 related to user data control and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.