Remember the AI image generator that Meta has force fed Instagram users? And the fact that I wrote how to disable it which showed how much of a privacy nightmare it was? Well, I have some good news for you. Meta has had a change of heart based on this statement:
“Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,”
And:
“We’ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it’s no longer available,”
Now no longer being available doesn’t make it more private. It just means it’s no longer available for free to the majority of users. If someone is willing to pay enough, privacy won’t be a limiting factor. Keep that in mind as I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this feature.
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Meta Pulls AI Image Feature From Instagram
Remember the AI image generator that Meta has force fed Instagram users? And the fact that I wrote how to disable it which showed how much of a privacy nightmare it was? Well, I have some good news for you. Meta has had a change of heart based on this statement:
“Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,”
And:
“We’ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it’s no longer available,”
Now no longer being available doesn’t make it more private. It just means it’s no longer available for free to the majority of users. If someone is willing to pay enough, privacy won’t be a limiting factor. Keep that in mind as I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this feature.
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