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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

Instagram is testing AI that analyzes photos and generates comments…but isn't that the opposite of solving the bot problem?

Meta AI suggesting comments for Instagram image.

Instagram has been gradually adding filters and tools to help creators prevent bot and spam comments, but now the social media platform is toying with the idea of intentionally encouraging AI to write comments.

Instagram could soon allow AI to analyze images and generate comments on the content, according to a recently spotted test of the feature. The tool uses Meta AI to examine the image and suggest brief comments, so the commenter doesn’t have to write something from scratch.

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