
Instagram Effect Builder generates Story filters from AI prompts
US residents over 18 can preview effects on their photos; submitted filters must pass a safety review.
32 stories, newest first · one card per story

US residents over 18 can preview effects on their photos; submitted filters must pass a safety review.

The iOS and Android app builds a closet from Instagram photos and offers virtual try-ons and trip plans.

He says Instagram does not rank AI creators differently and is requiring AI accounts to label themselves.

Existing terms stay in force while Meta consults publishers; the update was first set for October 30, then November 20.

Meta first blamed high posting, then said Claude-driven reading at about four times normal volume triggered a wrongful block.

After backlash, Meta moved the effective date from October 30 to November 20 and removed the word train.

After backlash, Meta moved the effective date from October 30 to November 20 and narrowed the listed uses.
A visiting doctor posted pregnant patients’ records to an Instagram account with 28,000 followers; more women say they were never notified.

John DeMay tells Lock and Code how men in Lagos used the dani.robertts account to pressure his 17-year-old son.

Meta’s October 30 business terms let it crawl linked publisher sites to train AI models.

National Geographic’s Super Scam Me documents romance scams the FTC says cost Americans about $1.5 billion yearly.

Verified Instagram accounts spread AI deepfakes of Mia Goth and other celebrities, including sexualized images Meta later removed.

Meta launched Your Algorithm on Facebook so users can steer Feed and Reels with natural-language preferences.

Meta deployed new AI tools to catch ads that secretly route users to child sexual abuse material.

Instagram's Edits app adds a free AI assistant that advises creators using their account metrics.

Meta's One Step Ahead anti-scam campaign reached 303 million people across 18 Asia-Pacific countries.

Meta opened early-access waitlists for Horizon Create and Studio, prompt-based tools that build playable mobile games.

Meta and Singapore police disrupted millions of scam accounts, pages, and prebuilt shell pages.

Meta disputes an Instrat foundation report on scam-ad profits in Poland and touts new AI anti-impersonation systems and advertiser verification requirements.

Meta launched Meta One subscriptions ($7.99–$499/month) bundling expanded Muse AI image and video generation across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

TechCrunch's 2026 roundup covers SSA data exposure, Iranian water-utility attacks, Klue breach hitting ~200 firms, and Meta AI chatbot account hijacks.
Meta launches global Meta One subscriptions bundling Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Plus with expanded Meta AI and Muse media generation, priced $2.99-$499 monthly.

Meta is fixing Meta AI suggested prompts after a viral video showed the chatbot compiling invasive questions about a user's children from her Facebook posts.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says disabling ranked feeds cuts engagement up to 50%, amid Australian legislation that would force platforms to offer algorithm opt-outs.
Today 1.5K readers · 2.4K views · 754 reads · all time 189K views