Meta has axed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI. The feature, which was rolled out earlier this week along with a batch of other AI tools, “missed the mark” and is no longer available, according to the company.
Meta's Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday introduced Muse Image, a bot meant to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2.
Meta has faced backlash for its Muse Image tool from Hollywood unions, talent agencies and cybersecurity firms over privacy concerns. Instagram's implementation of the tool allowed users to create AI content based on images posted by public accounts, which are not notified when their posts are used for image generation, and users are automatically opted into the program.
Investors are bullish on Meta's new low-cost AI pricing and infrastructure plans.
Meta Platforms, Inc. is up 15%+ since my previous post and I'm reiterating my “buy” rating as it pushes ahead to build the strongest foundation of a real AI revenue stack. Recent launches—Meta Cloud, Muse Image, and Muse Spark 1.1—unlock new monetization pathways beyond core advertising that is currently not priced in. META continued to trade at an attractive valuation at just 19.55x FY26 EPS, compressing to 16x FY28, with 23% upside to consensus price targets.
Meta was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 on Friday as investors continued to cheer the social media giant's push to monetize its AI investments.
Meta Platform's AI efforts are looking like the recipe for a comeback after an almost year-long drought in shares of the $1.7 trillion market-cap company.
The European Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable "key addictive features" like infinite scrolling.
Jim Cramer, the CNBC host and longtime market commentator, offered a measured take on X this morning that cuts through the noise around 2026's most crowded AI trade: “Meta isn't as rewarding as a Micron but it is still real money nonetheless.
European regulators told Meta on Friday to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram's "addictive" features -- or face steep fines.
Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) shares climbed 6% in trading on Friday, becoming the top-performing Magnificent 7 stock. It extended this week's rally as investors responded to a series of artificial intelligence-related developments, including reports of a new in-house AI chip, expanding computing capacity, and the launch of its latest AI model.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) has spent 2026 in a frustrating chop, but our proprietary model sees the current pullback as an opportunity rather than a warning.