{"id":122940,"date":"2026-07-29T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/122940\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:00:08","slug":"google-dumps-ai-tool-that-turned-you-into-a-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/122940\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Dumps AI Tool That Turned You Into a Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Google-Photos-Me-Meme-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A man smiles in a selfie on the left. On the right, a cartoon version of him in a suit sits calmly at a table with fire around him, saying &quot;THIS IS FINE.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-large wp-image-836198\"   loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AssembleDebug\/status\/2014523215117484222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">@assembledebug<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In what is fast becoming a trend, Google has quietly shelved its \u201cMe Meme\u201d feature that was rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2026\/01\/26\/you-can-now-turn-yourself-into-a-meme-on-google-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just a few months ago<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Me Meme was a whimsical, AI-powered tool inside Google Photos that allowed users to insert their own likeness into classic memes. <\/p>\n<p>But as <a href=\"http:\/\/androidauthority.com\/google-photos-me-meme-removed-3692355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Android Authority reports<\/a>, Google has scrubbed all mention of Me Meme, deleting the Google Photos support page and the announcements on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Android Authority notes that Me Meme might have been dumped all the way back in May since it hasn\u2019t been mentioned on Google Photos\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/photos\/answer\/6128862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">creations page<\/a> since late spring. <\/p>\n<p>This is a very short run for a feature, and while there has been no announcement from Google on why Me Meme was jettisoned, it is likely because of a lack of users. <\/p>\n<p>If that is the case, it is in vogue with a slew of other AI apps \u2014 some of them far higher profile than Me Meme. Take OpenAI\u2019s video generator, Sora. Despite the company spending an estimated $1 million per day on the app, which similarly allowed users to upload their likeness for AI videos, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2026\/03\/24\/openai-kills-sora-and-loses-disneys-1b-investment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officially canned in March<\/a> having shed hundreds of thousands of users in the two years it was active. <\/p>\n<p>Time and time again, these types of AI image apps fail to capture enough audience or prove to be overwhelmingly unpopular, bordering on offensive. Case in point, Meta botched the launch of its new AI model, Muse Image, by <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2026\/07\/08\/metas-new-ai-image-generator-can-make-pictures-from-anyones-public-instagram-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcing<\/a> that it would be able to create AI images of not just the user, but anyone with a public profile on Instagram by simply tagging their account. <\/p>\n<p>This announcement immediately sparked a privacy backlash and criticism from organizations such as SAG-AFTRA. Leading <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2026\/07\/10\/meta-removes-ai-image-generation-feature-that-used-public-instagram-posts-following-user-backlash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta to U-turn<\/a> over the model\u2019s capabilities in just a matter of days. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve removed this feature while we take time to listen to feedback and evaluate the approach,\u201d Meta said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Meta has form for this: having previously backtracked on <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/01\/06\/meta-purge-ai-generated-facebook-and-instagram-accounts-amid-backlash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI-generated Facebook and Instagram accounts<\/a> and scaring people by <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/01\/08\/instagram-has-started-showing-ai-generated-pictures-of-users-meta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">randomly showing AI-generated pictures of users<\/a> on their Facebook and Instagram feeds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Via @assembledebug In what is fast becoming a trend, Google has quietly shelved its \u201cMe Meme\u201d feature that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24,62038,3962,9052,294,132,1429,7772,62039,1122],"class_list":["post-122940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-google","tag-ai","tag-aitool","tag-app","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-genai","tag-google","tag-google-ai","tag-googlephotos","tag-mememe","tag-meta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}