Visitors take photos in front of the Meta sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, on December 29, 2022.

Meta’s crusade to bloat Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated profiles is resulting in widespread public backlash. Now, several news outlets say that the company is scrubbing the profiles entirely.

The outcry began on Dec. 27, when the Financial Times released an interview with Connor Hayes, vice president of product for generative AI at Meta, who described the company’s vision for an AI-dominated social media platform. The strategy, criticized by........

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