Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent

Meta pulled a controversial feature from its new Muse Image model after widespread criticism. The feature let users generate AI images of other people by @-mentioning their public Instagram accounts. No consent needed, just a username. Meta admits "this feature missed the mark" and shut it down days

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 c