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Instagram to demote AI influencers that don’t label accounts

Instagram Meta Platforms, Inc. announced on Monday that it is renaming its "AI creator" label to "AI-generated profile" and will limit the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas that fail to disclose their artificial nature.

Meta’s Muse Image uses public Instagram photos for AI without consent

Meta on Tuesday rolled out Muse Image, its first in-house AI image generation model built by Meta Superintelligence Labs, immediately igniting a privacy firestorm after users discovered the tool can pull photos from public Instagram accounts to generate AI images…

Facebook, Instagram hit by major global outage

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp went down for users around the world on Friday morning, with more than 100,000 people reporting problems on outage-tracking site Downdetector as Meta scrambled to restore service.

Meta says AI support tool flaw exposed 20,000 Instagram accounts

Meta has formally disclosed a security incident in which a flaw in its AI-powered Instagram account recovery tool allowed attackers to hijack more than 20,000 user accounts by tricking the system into sending password reset links to unauthorized email addresses.

Second Instagram flaw exposed Zuckerberg’s contact info days after AI chatbot hack

Hackers exploited Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to seize control of prominent Instagram accounts using a prompt injection attack, while a separate logic bug in the platform's web password reset flow briefly exposed unredacted personal data tied to accounts including that…

Instagram launches ‘Ring’ awards for top platform creators

Instagram Meta Platforms, Inc. unveiled its Rings awards program on Monday, offering 25 top creators physical gold rings and exclusive digital profile features instead of monetary compensation – a move that has drawn criticism as the Meta-owned platform scales back…