Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics
The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".
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"It is hard to see why Mark Zuckerberg thinks facilitating yet more of this creepy image manipulation is a good idea."
— Donald Campbell , Activist
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The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".
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