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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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TechCrunch
· Jul 9, 2026
How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos
Meta's new AI image generator is using your public Instagram photos unless you opt out. Here's how to do that.
Mashable
· Jul 8, 2026
Discord confirms AI moderators have banned thousands over harmless images
Discord accidentally banned several thousand users who posted totally innocuous images, thanks to AI moderation.
Variety
· Jul 10, 2026
Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash
Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies. “Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts []
National Post
· Jul 9, 2026
How to opt out so Meta’s new AI image generator won’t use your personal Instagram photos
Meta's new AI image generator allows anyone to use photos from public Instagram accounts
DNyuz
· Jul 8, 2026
How to stop people from using your Instagram posts with Meta’s AI
Instagram profiles now automatically allow users to share and modify other people’s public posts, including their profile picture, with Meta’s new AI model, Muse Image. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Instagram profiles default to letting users share and modify their content with Meta’s new AI model. The feature allows users to download your posts, including []
EL PAÍS
· Jul 6, 2026
Memes of the 'Trump card' that saved Balogun
Social media users have used AI to react to the US president's mediation with FIFA to review the sanctions imposed on the American goal scorer in the most recent match
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Related coverage for "Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out": TechCrunch — How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos. Mashable — Discord confirms AI moderators have banned thousands over harmless images. Variety — Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. National Post — How to opt out so Meta’s new AI image generator won’t use your personal Instagram photos. DNyuz — How to stop people from using your Instagram posts with Meta’s AI. EL PAÍS — Memes of the 'Trump card' that saved Balogun