{"id":753415,"date":"2026-07-09T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:25:13","slug":"instagram-now-lets-others-use-your-photos-for-ai-how-to-opt-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753415\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram now lets others use your photos for AI: How to opt out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Meta has introduced a new AI image generation feature that allows users to create AI images based on public Instagram profiles, provided they tag the account in their prompt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The feature is part of Meta\u2019s new Muse Image model, which launched through the company\u2019s Meta Superintelligence Labs. It is integrated directly into Instagram and is rolling out to users in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2026\/07\/introducing-muse-image-meta-ai\/\">According to Meta<\/a>, the feature lets users generate personalized images using public photos from Instagram accounts. The company says it can be used for things like event invitations, creative concepts, or other graphics by simply tagging a public username in a prompt.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<p>How to stop Instagram from using your public posts for AI images<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Public Instagram accounts are enabled for the feature by default, but users can disable it without making their account private.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Here\u2019s how to opt out:<\/p>\n<p>Open the Instagram app.<\/p>\n<p>Tap your profile.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the three-line menu in the top right corner.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to \u201cSharing and reuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Open \u201cAllow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turn off the toggles for both Posts and Reels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Instagram\u2019s Help Center says that people \u201cmay be able to create content with your Instagram content using AI features at Meta\u201d when an account is public and the default settings remain enabled.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Meta logo\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meta-logo-1024x576.jpg\"\/>Meta<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The company also notes that changing these settings or switching an account to private only prevents future AI generations. Images that have already been created using a user\u2019s content will not be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Meta also says users will not receive notifications if someone generates AI images using their public <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tag\/instagram\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The feature arrives as AI companies continue expanding image generation tools and integrating them into existing social platforms. Meta says Muse Image is designed to create personalized visuals using public Instagram content when users choose to reference public accounts in their prompts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The update also comes just weeks after Meta faced scrutiny over another AI-related issue on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Back in June, hackers <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/hackers-trick-meta-ai-chatbots-into-giving-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-3370702\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exploited the company\u2019s AI-powered support chatbot<\/a> to gain access to several high-profile Instagram accounts before Meta patched the vulnerability, highlighting growing attention around how the company is integrating AI into its social platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta has introduced a new AI image generation feature that allows users to create AI images based on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,74],"class_list":["post-753415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}