How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your photos on Instagram

On Tuesday, dead Fired Muse Image, a new AI image creation feature that allows users to create original images, edit existing images, and even create personalized ads directly within its apps.

But one of these capabilities quickly became the subject of controversy.

Muse Image allows users to create AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts. As long as a person’s profile is public, another user can tag that account and use their photos as part of an AI-generated creation. (Private accounts and only accounts for users under 18 are automatically excluded from the feature.)

One big concern is consent. Users may have no idea that their public photos could be integrated into AI-generated photos of strangers, and they aren’t even notified when someone reuses their public content. Additionally, making it easier to manipulate people’s photos opens the door to abuse, harassment, impersonation, and photo editing without users’ consent.

If you are looking forward to withdraw So, here’s how to do it:

• Head to your profile and click on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner.
• Select “Share and Reuse.”
• Then look for the option that says: “Allow people to create and reuse your content.”
• Turn it off for both posts and rollers.

Muse Image arrives at a time when AI tools are increasingly being integrated into social media platforms. As technology companies race to roll out new generative AI features, many experts say stronger privacy protections and greater transparency are needed, so users fully understand how their photos and personal data are being used.

Public skepticism about artificial intelligence is already high. According to A Pew Research Center In the survey, 35% of respondents said they were more concerned than excited about the increasing use of AI.

Additionally, Meta’s track record regarding user privacy has also raised skepticism surrounding its latest AI features.

In 2019, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed a $5 billion fine v. Facebook, concluding that the platform had violated a 2012 consent order by misleading users about the extent of control they had over their personal information. This followed a high-profile scandal in which political consultancy Cambridge Analytica accessed the data of up to 87 million Facebook users through a personality test app. Facebook’s platform policies at the time allowed developers to collect information about these users’ friends without their knowledge or explicit consent.