Meta’s Muse AI Tool Paused – Here’s How to Protect Your Photos on Instagram
Meta’s Muse AI Tool Paused – Here’s How to Protect Your Photos on Instagram On July 9, 2026, Meta launched a new AI image generator on Instagram called Muse. The tool could turn a text prompt into a photo, but it also drew from public posts on the platform to train its model. Within hours, users, privacy advocates, and Hollywood unions raised alarms. The next day, Meta removed the feature and called it a “missed the mark.” If you post photos on Instagram, here’s what happened, why it matters, and what you can do now to limit how your images are used by AI in the future. ...