Meta Discontinues Instagram AI Image Feature After Privacy Backlash

Meta has discontinued an artificial intelligence image-generation feature launched through Instagram after facing criticism over privacy concerns and complaints that users were automatically enrolled without clear consent. The feature, called Muse Image, was introduced earlier this week as the first image-generation model developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs. Integrated into Meta AI, the tool allowed users to generate images using photos as inputs and edit AI-created images through sketches and other mo