Meta shuts down AI character accounts on Facebook, Instagram

Instagram deletes AI profiles ‘managed by Meta’ after users complain of not being able to block them
As tech giants lean into generative AI content to boost engagement, human users may discover that they have fewer options for avoiding it. Nonhuman Instagram profiles are generating fresh scorn this week after reports that parent company Meta is looking to increase the presence of AI-generated content on its social networks as a way of boosting engagement.
Meta wants AI characters to fill up Facebook and Instagram 'kind of in the same way accounts do,' but also had to delete a humiliating first run of its official bots
As reported by 404 Media, Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has hastily deleted a swathe of experimental AI character accounts that were uncovered after a Meta executive indicated such content was "where we see all of this going.
Meta shuts down AI character accounts on Facebook, Instagram after outcry
Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.
Meta takes down AI-powered profiles on Facebook, Instagram after backlash
Meta is removing Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI-generated characters that it launched in 2023, after some users discovered them and shared viral conversation, promoting backlash.
Instagram and Facebook Delete Experimental AI Accounts After Backlash
Meta quickly pulled the plug on AI bot accounts it had tested on Facebook and Instagram after users attacked the idea
Meta Starts Deleting AI Bot Profiles on Instagram and Facebook After User Backlash
Meta is deleting AI-generated accounts on Instagram and Facebook after users started calling out their fake and "cringey" posts.
Meta deletes its AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles following criticism
Meta Platforms Inc. is moving to delete a collection of artificial intelligence profiles it created on Facebook and Instagram in 2023. Axios reported the move today. It comes a few days after an interview given by a Meta executive brought renewed attention to the AI-powered profiles, which led to a social media backlash against the feature.
Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop
Something about George Romero’s 1978 film about doomed survivors riding out the zombie apocalypse in a shopping mall feels resonant today as I look across Meta’s suite of AI-created profiles. The movie’s blue-skinned corpses don’t know they’re dead. They just wander through the shopping center on autopilot, looking for something new to consume.
Meta deletes AI character profiles after backlash, racism accusations
Meta has shut down its AI character accounts after backlash, NBC News and others have reported. While Meta launched these characters in 2023, along with AI personas with celebrity avatars, many online (re)discovered them this week following a recent Financial Times interview with Meta's VP of product for generative AI,
Meta denies deleting AI-powered character chatbots on Instagram and Facebook
Meta AI powered conversations turned controversial when users asked questions on the origins and development of the character's AI model.
Meta Opens Floodgates For AI-Generated Accounts On Facebook, Instagram
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Where to find Meta AI in Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—and what you can do with it
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Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well
Many of the AI bots haven’t shared new content on their grid since early 2024, and it’s unclear how (or if) users have been ...
Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated ‘Users’ No One Asked For
While Meta’s other AI offerings, including photo-editing tools, a ChatGPT-like text bot, and forthcoming software for producing AI-generated video, have more readily obvious appeal, it’s far from ...
Meghan Markle Just Launched a New Instagram Account—With a Mission
The duchess is back on the platform after 5 years. A source tells Vanity Fair her return follows discussions with Meta.
Nick Clegg replaced at Meta by Republican pick before Trump re-enters White House
Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs, marking the end of an era for the company's policy team.
Meta trades left-wing policy chief for Republican in major overhaul
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced a major overhaul of its global policy team on Thursday – replacing left-leaning department ...
Meta has a new vision that could change both AI and social media
One of the world’s biggest social media companies is focused on spurring growth as it enters a new year. But in this case, ...