Earlier this week, Meta announced that people could generate images in Meta AI by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts they wanted to reference. In plain English, that meant someone could bring a public Instagram account into an AI image prompt and use public photos from that account as part of a new AI-generated image. After public backlash, Meta updated its announcement on July 10, 2026, saying the feature “missed the mark” and is “no longer available” (Meta Newsroom). That sounds like...

A follow-up to “Instagram just changed the rules on your photos.” that has been read by 100K+ of you across various platforms. You can read it here for background. Meta has announced something in the last 24hrs called Muse Spark 1.1. Forget the name, because here are the most common questions I have been asked over the past few days and why it all matters. Question 1: Kirra, does this happen on Facebook and WhatsApp too, or is it just Instagram? Yes. It does. Not in exactly the same shape...

A new Meta AI feature lets people turn public Instagram photos into AI-generated images. For a school, that is not a creative novelty. It is a safeguarding, consent and reputation issue - and the fix takes five minutes. Instagram has quietly introduced a new AI image feature that belongs on every school's and parents radar today. Meta's new model, Muse Image, lets people @mention Instagram accounts inside Meta AI prompts, so public photos from those profiles can be pulled in to generate...