Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri argues that users who dislike AI content should be able to avoid it in their feeds, but the platform will not filter it out—only label it as AI-generated. He acknowledges challenges in detection and suggests labeling non-AI 'camera-captured content' instead.

<figure> <img alt="A photo of Adam Mosseri" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/gettyimages-2239561028.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Though Instagram head Adam Mosseri doesn't want to filter out AI content on the platform, he argues that you "shouldn't have it in your feed" if you don't like it. "I don't think we should filter out AI content," Mosseri said <a href="https://youtu.be/yQ_EWmtfWvQ?si=AqKhfQq-DAtf7aZc&amp;t=2457">during an interview on Lenny Rachitsky's podcast</a>. "I think we should let you know if content is AI content or not."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the same time, Mosseri seems to be drawing a distinction between content-based sorting and banning AI from the platform entirely. In fact, he believes people who love AI content "should be able to have a feed that's just AI town." Instagram, like many other platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, and Fac …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/963961/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-feed-filters">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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# Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’ Source: [https://www.theverge.com/tech/963961/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-feed-filters](https://www.theverge.com/tech/963961/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-feed-filters) [![Emma Roth](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/author_profile_images/195810/EMMA_ROTH.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=96)](https://www.theverge.com/authors/emma-roth) Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more\. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO\. Though Instagram head Adam Mosseri doesn’t want to filter out AI content on the platform, he argues that you “shouldn’t have it in your feed” if you don’t like it\. “I don’t think we should filter out AI content,” Mosseri said[during an interview on Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast](https://youtu.be/yQ_EWmtfWvQ?si=AqKhfQq-DAtf7aZc&t=2457)\. “I think we should let you know if content is AI content or not\.” At the same time, Mosseri seems to be drawing a distinction between content\-based sorting and banning AI from the platform entirely\. In fact, he believes people who love AI content “should be able to have a feed that’s just AI town\.” Instagram, like many other platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, will readily label AI\-generated content, but won’t[give you an option to filter it out](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/942909/let-us-filter-ai-slop-google-youtube-meta-instagram-tiktok)of your feed\. Mosseri acknowledged that detecting AI content is “hard,” and that Instagram may “lose the ability” to pick up on AI posts as models improve\. “I think you should be able to just ask, ‘Is this AI?,’ and we should be able to tell you we think it probably is, or we’re not sure, or it’s definitely not, or definitely isn’t\.” He adds that it might be “more practical” to label non\-AI\-generated “camera\-captured content” instead,[echoing what he said about fingerprinting](https://www.theverge.com/news/852124/adam-mosseri-ai-images-video-instagram)“real media” in December 2025\. And while Mosseri notes that Instagram needs to “figure out how to crack down” on spammy AI content, the platform continues to embrace the technology\. With the launch of Meta’s AI image generator, Muse Spark,[Instagram users can now put other users](https://www.theverge.com/tech/962485/meta-muse-image-ai-model-instagram)into their AI creations by just tagging them — a feature that Haley McNamara, the executive director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, said “creates obvious and foreseeable opportunities for exploitation, sexual abuse, harassment, and identity fraud\.” **Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\. - Emma Roth

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