Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash

cdrnsf 38 points 13 comments July 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

matchbok3

Any best on if they will just re-release this under the radar once the press attention dies down? Zuck isn't spending billions to just not release this stuff.

encomiast

Meta seems to be completely tone-deaf when it comes to products and features. I wonder if this is a function of a single person, surrounded by people with little incentive to disagree, having all the decision making power in a company.

B1FF_PSUVM

"They trust me, the dumb fucks"

BenFranklin100

This and and other thing like Zuckerberg’s desire to integrate facial recognition into Meta’s Ray-ban glasses puts him in squarely in the lead for world’s creepiest human. https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognit...

bodash

> AI companies see people's images and data as raw material to be exploited What a quote

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