Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
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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 creations without the account owner's permission. …
1Key Takeaways
- 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 creations without the account owner's permission.
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Image AI moves creative production, marketing assets, and design pipelines at lower cost. The Verge AI reports that 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.
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