Meta has launched a new AI image generator that allows anyone to create AI images with your Instagram photos.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa oh man, i wish there was a way to turn that off without installing the app. i just tried via the web and that option isnt available

[viss@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa update, they yanked the feature entirely

https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/introducing-muse-image-meta-ai/

[lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org]

@newsguyusa Meta has just withdrawn this feature due to the outcry regarding it.

[bici@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa

FICK #Meta I don't need them in my life at all...

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@lauren @newsguyusa It'll be back, these shady features _always_ come back once the heat dies down.

[robinzz3@mastodon.au]

@newsguyusa

https://mastodon.au/@Robinzz3/116897633221694061

[mildpeach@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa One of the reasons I left facebook years ago is they regularly just reset you setting to whatever they felt like. Opt out of something? They would reset it to whatever they felt like. Got where I was checking settings once a week. It is beyond me why anyone puts up with facebook.

[pouakai@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa
The answer is simple: ditch Instagram.

[tute_reyes@c.im]

Meta es parte de la administración Trump. La mejor opción es no usar nada de Meta, sin duda @newsguyusa

[markwyner@mas.to]

@newsguyusa YOU CAN OPT-OUT BY NOT HAVING AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. Just saying.

[cgudrian@social.tchncs.de]

@Viss "Missed the mark" probably means "lawsuits ahead". @newsguyusa

[alternatecelt@mastodon.scot]

@newsguyusa
Oh the Irony that the Washington Post is telling you that!

[hiisikoloart@writing.exchange]

@newsguyusa
Good news is that they pulled it.

Bad news is that during its run, META probably sucked all of the existing images that were in Instagram and fed them to their LLM with the excuse that there were people who hadn't turned their theft feature off, and that of course for them means that they agreed to have all of their shit stolen.

[anderslund@expressional.social]

@newsguyusa It's very easy: Delete your account. Oh, relief - they removed that function again after critisism.