Facebook users say they've caught the app analyzing their camera roll with Meta AI⁠ without their knowledge—here's how to make sure it doesn't happen

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You might notice eerily familiar AI-generated images in your Story suggestions on the Facebook app lately—because Facebook has been automatically creating AI-generated versions of photos from users' camera rolls.

If you try creating a new Story on Facebook right now, you could get a pop-up asking if you want to "Allow cloud processing to get creative ideas made for you from your camera roll." TechCrunch has screenshots of what this pop-up looks like so you know what to look for.

To be clear, these photos aren't being posted on Facebook automatically. They'll only be visible to you as suggestions for posts, but they'll be generated automatically if you agree to the feature, and for my money, it's another example of Meta getting way too comfortable with our personal data. It's also worth noting that this feature is only on the Facebook app for iOS and Android, not on PC or the web version of Facebook, so if you don't have the app installed on your phone, you're in the clear.

Stevie Bonifield is a freelance tech journalist specializing in mobile tech, gaming gear, and accessories. Outside of writing, Stevie loves indie games, TTRPGs, and building way too many custom keyboards.

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