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Muse Image is technically impressive, but Meta's use of Instagram photos raises questions

Meta's Superintelligence Labs released Muse Image, an image generation model that uses tools like code execution and web search to refine results. The model's @-mention feature allows users to generate images of others from public Instagram photos without consent, raising GDPR and EU AI Act concerns.

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Meta's Superintelligence Labs ships Muse Image, its first image generation model. Like OpenAI's GPT Image 2, it works as an agent, using tools like code execution and web search to refine its own results. A controversial @-mention feature lets users generate images of other people using their public Instagram photos without consent. The opt-out model is likely to collide with the GDPR and the EU AI Act.

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