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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Essential Hardware PC Gaming Show Dune: Awakening Recommended reading There's no need to overshare on social media now that OpenAI's new chatbots can pinpoint your location from the tiniest details in images Gaming Industry Microsoft is finally rolling out its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do (again), but only for select users Meta's AI app wants to 'get to know you' and can warn you if you should be 'worried about bears' Gaming Industry Eugh: Discord is scanning some users' faces and IDs to 'experiment' with age verification features Ring is using AI to generate video descriptions of what goes on outside your door—and to keep even more detailed tabs on 'the routines of your residence' Google Messages now uses AI to blur unsolicited nude pics then offers the sender a friendly reminder not to send them in the first place Battle Royale 'AI is going to become more and more difficult to detect': Fortnite has no plans to clean up increasing number of AI thumbnails cluttering up user-generated experiences Gaming Industry Facebook users say they've caught the app analyzing their camera roll with Meta AI⁠ without their knowledge—here's how to make sure it doesn't happen Stevie Bonifield 29 June 2025 You might want to double-check your Facebook privacy settings. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images / Cheng Xin) You might notice eerily familiar AI-generated images in your Story suggestions on the Facebook app lately—because Facebook has been automatically creating AI-generated versions of photos from users' camera rolls. If you try creating a new Story on Facebook right now, you could get a pop-up asking if you want to "Allow cloud processing to get creative ideas made for you from your camera roll." TechCrunch has screenshots of what this pop-up looks like so you know what to look for. The description for the feature states, "To create ideas for you, we'll select media from your camera roll and upload it to our cloud on an ongoing basis, based on info like time, location or themes." Related Articles There's no need to overshare on social media now that OpenAI's new chatbots can pinpoint your location from the tiniest details in images Microsoft is finally rolling out its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do (again), but only for select users Meta's AI app wants to 'get to know you' and can warn you if you should be 'worried about bears' That effectively means that if you agree to turn this feature on, you're giving Facebook permission to continuously crawl your entire camera roll, pulling random photos from it and uploading them to the cloud, where they might get fed through Meta's AI image generator. To be clear, these photos aren't being posted on Facebook automatically. They'll only be visible to you as suggestions for posts, but they'll be generated automatically if you agree to the feature, and for my money, it's another example of Meta getting way too comfortable with our personal data. It's also worth noting that this feature is only on the Facebook app for iOS and Android, not on PC or the web version of Facebook, so if you don't have the app installed on your phone, you're in the clear. However, if you do have the Facebook app installed, you should probably double-check your privacy settings. Some users have reported already seeing AI-generated versions of their photos in their suggestions, seemingly without getting a pop-up about this new feature. If that's the case for you, you might have already agreed to the feature by accident or you may need to tweak your Facebook privacy settings. It's also worth noting that users in the EU may have received an email from Facebook offering an option to opt out, but if you didn't reply, that may have counted as opting in. Regardless, you should be able to turn off this feature with just a few taps. 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For extra security, you can also go into your phone's settings and adjust Facebook's app permissions to block it from accessing your photos and videos (and any other data you want to keep private). 2025 games: This year's upcoming releases Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Stevie Bonifield Contributor Stevie Bonifield is a freelance tech journalist specializing in mobile tech, gaming gear, and accessories. Outside of writing, Stevie loves indie games, TTRPGs, and building way too many custom keyboards. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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