{
  "id": 1603,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy",
  "title": "Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy",
  "summary": "Meta was criticised for feature launched on Tuesday that automatically lets users generate images using content from public Instagram accounts Meta has said ⁠it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram ⁠accounts, after drawing widespread ⁠criticism over ​privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union. “Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control ⁠over whether their public content could be re",
  "authors": "Reuters",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": "meta",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-11T05:07:41.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1603",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}