Meta faces backlash over AI tool that generates images from public Instagram profile pictures
Meta has launched a new AI tool called Muse Image that can generate pictures using people's public Instagram profile photos without notifying them. The tool is available through Meta AI app, web browser, WhatsApp, and Instagram Stories for US users. While Meta claims users can opt out even with public accounts, privacy campaigners like Foxglove's Donald Campbell have strongly criticized the feature, calling it a "recipe for disaster" and raising concerns about consent and privacy violations.
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Donald Campbell, advocacy director at tech justice non-profit Foxglove told the BBC it was an
The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a 'recipe for disaster'.
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