New Delhi, July 11 -- Meta has withdrawn a newly announced feature that allowed users to generate AI images in Meta AI by referencing and mentioning Instagram accounts that were public, after the company received feedback that the feature "missed the mark."

"Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference. We intended to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way. We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available," the company said in an update on Friday.

The feature was announced earlier this week as part of t...