Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".

How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.

The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts.

By Eli Tan

Meta building its first Canadian data centre northeast of Edmonton

Meta was revealed Wednesday as the proponent of a data centre in Sturgeon County, northeast of Edmonton.

Meta is building its first big Canadian data center as AI expansion crosses the border

Meta is building its first big Canadian data center as AI expansion crosses the border.

Meta paused AI training on employee keystrokes after data was 'put in a place it wasn't supposed to go:' CTO

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shared new details about a data leak from its AI training program. Bloomberg/Getty Images Meta's technology chief shared details on the data leak from its Model Capability Initiative. Andrew Bosworth said an internal researcher had put the data "in a place it wasn't supposed to go." The program has been paused temporarily since June. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shed new light on the data leak that made the company pause its unpopular Model Capability Initiative. In an ...

CAA Slams Meta for Using Opt-Out Policy for AI Platform Muse Image, Which Can Create Content Using Public Instagram Accounts

CAA released a statement Wednesday night calling out the privacy risks of Meta’s new AI model Muse Image, which gives users the ability to create an AI photo of someone just by plugging in their public Instagram handle. The AI model operates on an opt-out policy, meaning users have to manually block access if they […]

By Jack Dunn

CAA Calls Out Meta For Making Its Muse AI Video and Photo Tool Opt-Out

"No one’s name, image, likeness, voice, or creative work should be used by any third party, including AI models, without clear, documented consent," the talent agency said in a statement Wednesday night.

By Alex Weprin

CAA Calls BS On Meta’s AI Image Generator; Zuckerberg Pushes Back On Muse Privacy Worries

CAA are getting pretty meta about the implications and intentions of Meta’s new Muse Image. Essentially, the Zoe Saldaña, Tom Cruise ,Charlize Theron and Dhar Mann representing uberagency want the Mark Zuckerberg founded tech giant to hit the reset button ASAP on its newly introduced AI image model. “No one’s name, image, likeness, voice, or […]

By Dominic Patten

Meta to build first data center in Canada in expansion of global fleet

The Sturgeon County, Alberta-based data center will be Meta's largest outside the U.S.

Meta releases Muse Image, which lets users make AI images from public Instagram posts

J.B. Branch, director of federal AI governance and technology policy at the consumer nonprofit organization Public Citizen, says Meta has chosen 'the creepiest possible path'

By Victor Barreiro Jr.

Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

Meta is facing backlash over its new AI tool, Muse Image, which can generate images using other people's profile pictures without their consent.

By Abubakar Ibrahim