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Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts

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Instagram users should check privacy settings after rollout of new Meta AI image generator, advocates warn. Meta has sparked blowback from privacy advocates for allowing its new AI image maker to generate photos of users with public profiles by default.

SourceThe Guardian AIAuthor: Sanya Mansoor
Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts
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Instagram users should check privacy settings after rollout of new Meta AI image generator, advocates warn

Meta has sparked blowback from privacy advocates for allowing its new AI image maker to generate photos of users with public profiles by default.

Users of Meta’s Muse Image AI tool, released Tuesday, can tag public Instagram profiles and generate pictures that pull from faces of people featured in these social media posts. Instagram users aren’t notified when their posts are integrated into what the company describes as its “most advanced image generation model yet”.

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  • Meta's new AI image generator Muse Image uses facial data from public Instagram profiles to generate photos by default.
  • Users are not notified when their posts are used for training or image generation.
  • Privacy advocates criticize the lack of transparency and consent.

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