Instagram Head: Public Anger Over AI Will Continue to Worsen
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri stated in a podcast that the anxiety, frustration and anger surrounding AI will keep deteriorating, with creative industries being hit particularly hard. He noted that part of these negative sentiments are justified, while others are not. The Verge covered the full conversation.
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri was recently asked about AI on the Colin and Samir podcast. The question also referenced a notable recent trend: college students booing tech company CEOs at graduation ceremonies. Mosseri did not give a light, trivial response. He said the anxiety, frustration and anger around AI are already rising, and they will keep getting worse.
This podcast episode was originally focused on Instagram's new widescreen and long-form video features, and the AI question came up as a side tangent. But Mosseri did not write off the negative sentiment as a view exclusive to a tiny fringe group. He said people who are discontent with AI are not limited to young people and creative workers. The negative feelings are building up especially noticeably across the creative industry.
The Verge cited his exact words, roughly paraphrased as: "This situation is not just getting worse — it will continue to get worse. We will see more frustration and anger, some of it justified, some of it not." The quote is cut off in the original report, with further context not included in the excerpt.
What makes these remarks worth noting is the identity of the speaker. Mosseri runs Instagram, a platform that is currently rolling out more video tools, more algorithmic recommendations and more AI-related features. When a senior tech executive openly talks about widespread user backlash against AI, it makes clear that this is no longer just random complaints in comment sections. For teams building AI products, user sentiment is now a core variable that sits alongside model capability, feature iteration speed and distribution efficiency. For regular users, AI is being embedded into more buttons, more recommendations and more creative tools, making the cost of avoiding it higher and higher.
Mosseri did not offer any solutions. The report also did not elaborate on how Instagram plans to address this widespread negative sentiment. What is worth watching next is whether the platform will treat this public anger as a PR problem to be managed, or as a core product design issue to be addressed.
Original source: The Verge
发布时间: 2026-10-29 07:05