Meta disabled Muse Image’s Instagram account-referencing feature on Friday, three days after Muse Image launched on Tuesday, after privacy backlash including criticism from actor Hannah Einbinder and SAG-AFTRA. Muse Image itself remains available in Meta AI; only the @-mention public-account tool was pulled.
Clarified that Meta disabled Muse Image’s Instagram @-mention/public-account referencing feature, not the Muse Image model itself, which remains available in Meta AI.
The union stated that anything other than a clear and conspicuous opt-in for these types of uses of Instagram users' images is unacceptable.
It described the feature as an utter miscalculation of public sentiment regarding the obvious dangers and harms inherent in such use.
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