social media<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\u201cThis means that Meta automatically opts in for your public Instagram photos to be used for AI generation by anyone. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing I did was opt out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tech justice non-profit Foxglove\u2019s advocacy director Donald Campbell told the BBC it was \u201can obvious recipe for disaster\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
\n\u00a0Nic Coury<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen a catalogue of harms from non-consensual AI-altered images on social platforms just in the past year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hard to see why Mark Zuckerberg thinks facilitating yet more of this creepy image manipulation is a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meta previously said users can\u2019t mention accounts belonging to under-18s, nor can they use the tool to reference other accounts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe built Muse Image with strong controls and safety guardrails from day one,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate accounts and those belonging to users under 18 are automatically excluded and adult users with public accounts can opt out with just a couple clicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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