Meta removed its AI in 3 days: it generated images with your face without permission

Meta launched Muse Image, an AI that used photos from public Instagram accounts to generate images of real people without asking their permission. Within 72 hours, SAG-AFTRA asked its members to deactivate it, and Meta removed it completely.

We analyze why the opt-out model is at the core of the problem, what this says about internal ethical evaluation processes at Meta Superintelligence Labs, and why public pressure was more effective than any existing regulation. We also examine the ambiguous role of CAA, the talent agency that criticized Meta while building its own biometric system.

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🤖 AI-generated content: the script, voices, and images in this episode were produced using artificial intelligence tools.

📷 Images:

• “Group of friends taking a selfie” — Rawpixel Ltd (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/147875007@N03/45789229571
• “Group of friends taking a selfie” — Rawpixel Ltd (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/147875007@N03/45739289832
• “Group of friends taking a selfie” — Rawpixel Ltd (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/147875007@N03/45789229411
• “Trafalgar Square Selfies 1 DSCF2665” — Roy Katzenberg (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/14149634@N00/53197914189
• “Frau mit Smartphone (Mockup)” — ccnull.de Bilddatenbank (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/115225894@N07/54313838410

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