Meta: Meta uses AI to let users generate images from text prompts inside Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Type a description, and the AI instantly creates four images. | AI Trace
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Meta uses AI to let users generate images from text prompts inside Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Type a description, and the AI instantly creates four images.
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Powered by the Emu foundation model (trained on 1.1 billion public Facebook/Instagram images), launched September 2023. Includes the 'Imagine Me' feature (July 2024) that lets users insert themselves into AI-generated scenes using selfies. Controversies: trained on user photos without explicit opt-in consent; EU launch paused June 2024 over GDPR concerns, resumed May 2025 under 'legitimate interest' basis; early outputs contained racial bias and content filter failures.
Products affected
FacebookInstagramWhatsAppMessengerMeta AI (web)Ray-Ban MetaQuest