Summary
Instagram is looking into AI-generated accounts that feature images of disabled people in sexualized ways. These accounts, flagged by the BBC, use AI to create fake profiles that exploit disabilities for attention online. Meta, the company that owns Instagram, is investigating these accounts and aims to remove harmful content.
Key Facts
- Meta, Instagram's parent company, is investigating AI-generated profiles that sexualize disabled people.
- These profiles use AI to create images of people with disabilities, such as Down's syndrome or missing limbs.
- Some of these accounts have gained hundreds of thousands of followers quickly.
- Disability rights groups and medical charities have expressed concern over these practices.
- Generative AI tools create images based on learned patterns and are sometimes biased.
- Ofcom and other regulatory bodies are monitoring AI developments and potential risks.
- The Online Safety Act requires platforms to uphold rules against harmful content related to protected characteristics, like disability.
- Instagram is working to remove material that promotes exploitation or attacks people based on disabilities.
