Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts – The Guardian

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”. The easiest and most comprehensive solution for those worried about their photos being sucked into Muse Image is to switch public Instagram accounts to private. “It’s a blunt solution, but it prevents strangers from using your public profile as source material,” notes cybersecurity company Malwarebytes in a 9 July blogpost. But for those who want to keep their account public, there’s a more measured approach, too. A Meta spokesperson said in a statement to the Guardian that Muse Image has been built “with strong controls and safety guardrails from day one”. “Private accounts and those belonging to users under 18 are automatically excluded and adult users with public accounts can opt out with easy-to-use controls,” the company said, adding that it would “take action against
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