Meta Removes Controversial AI Feature On Instagram After Backlash
1 10"Meta has axed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI," reports TechCrunch: The feature, which wasn't designed to alert a user if their photos were used in this way, prompted immediate backlash... The company issued a blog post Friday announcing that it was removing the feature. Puck News founding partner Dylan Byers was the first to share the company's decision... Byers notes that the decision to do away with the feature came "amid scrutiny from users and talent agencies, including CAA."
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What reallu impresses me in this story (Score: 5, Insightful)
by Pope Raymond Lama ( 57277 ) on <gwidion@mpNETBSDc.com.br minus bsd> on Sunday July 12, 2026 @12:46AM (#66233900)
Is that with all the data they collect, anyone in there could ever imagine any other outcome for the public reception of this feature.