15 July 2026

Meta’s AI feature missed the mark | How YouTube & X enable deepfakes + Character.ai’s microdramas

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 8th, 2026.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:09 Meta introduces new Muse Image feature, pulling it days later

7:51 How mainstream social media platforms are promoting non-consensual intimate images

14:34 Character.ai introduces microdramas

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Sources:

https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-to-stop-metas-ai-image-generator-from-using-your-instagram-photos/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/09/instagram-ai-image-generator-privacy

https://openai.com/index/sora-2/

https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/introducing-muse-image-meta-ai/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dal0xuSGjCB/

https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-still-hosting-sexualized-deepfakes-of-famous-women/

https://www.isdglobal.org/publication/mapping-the-nudify-tools-ecosystem/

https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-and-x-have-become-gateways-to-nudify-apps/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/23/character-ai-chatbot-sewell-setzer-death

https://blog.character.ai/cai-series/