--- title: Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and... description: Meta has decided to delete AI-powered profiles that it created for Instagram and Facebook after some profiles went viral. The AI characters, which included... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-is-killing-off-its-own-ai-powered-instagram-and-facebook-profiles-ihbqazng0 copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles | daily.dev og:description: Meta has decided to delete AI-powered profiles that it created for Instagram and Facebook after some profiles went viral. The AI characters, which included... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-is-killing-off-its-own-ai-powered-instagram-and-facebook-profiles-ihbqazng0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ihbqaZng0.png og:image:alt: Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta has decided to delete AI-powered profiles that it created for Instagram and Facebook after some profiles went viral. The AI characters, which included diverse personas, were initially introduced in 2023 but were mostly shut down by mid-2024. The company removed the remaining profiles due to a bug that prevented blocking them and plans to correct this issue. While Meta has removed these specific profiles, users can still generate their own AI chatbots on the platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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