Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.

Meta said on Friday it ​is discontinuing an AI ‌feature that allowed users to generate ​images using public ​Instagram accounts, days after ⁠rolling out the ​feature.

Meta said it will discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature's opt-out policy, including by Hollywood talent agencies.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta took down a new artificial intelligence model for Instagram on Friday, just days after debuting this feature to immediate public backlash. The company