Meta has nuked a bunch of its AI-generated profiles from Facebook Instagram, the company confirmed, after the AI characters prompted widespread outrage and ridicule from users on social media. The AI-generated profiles,

Many of the AI bots haven’t shared new content on their grid since early 2024, and it’s unclear how (or if) users have been finding and engaging with these profiles over the past year. Last week, the Financial Times reported that Meta envisions a future where social media platforms are filled with AI bots.

Meta's AI accounts are going viral. The company created the accounts to go along with their AI chatbots back in 2023, and while they seem to be abandoned, people are not impressed.

Meta still has plans to use AI to drive engagement on its platforms, though. On Friday, images of Instagram accounts labelled as “AI managed by Meta ” began circulating on social media platforms. But following online backlash,

The AI-generated Instagram profile of a "proud Black queer momma of two" has been removed along with the profiles of 27 other AI personas first launched in 2023. The big picture: The profile became unavailable on Friday immediately following widespread social media outrage and concerns about "digital blackface as a service,