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Meta has disabled the Instagram component of Muse Image, its new AI image generator, after saying the feature “missed the mark” and is “no longer available.” Launched earlier this week through Meta AI, the tool let people generate or edit AI images by @-referencing public Instagram accounts and drawing on those users’ public posts. Public accounts were automatically eligible unless users changed settings to opt out, prompting privacy and deepfake concerns from users and groups including SAG-AFTRA and CAA.

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Meta’s new AI-image labeling system is facing fresh questions after tests found its detector did not reliably recognize images generated by Muse Image, even though Meta said those outputs would include an invisible Content Seal watermark. The finding adds another complication to Meta’s rollout of Muse Image, the first creative model in its Muse Spark family from Meta Superintelligence Labs. Meta has already made unavailable an Instagram feature that let people generate AI images by @-mentioning public accounts, after complaints that the default-on setting for public Instagram users raised privacy and consent concerns, including from SAG-AFTRA and CAA.

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Privacy opt-out

Meta’s Muse Image tool put public Instagram users’ photos at risk by making them available for AI image generation unless people opted out. The design created serious privacy, safety, and deepfake concerns because others could use public photos to generate AI images.