Instagram Now Using AI to Screen Spam, Hateful Comments

Instagram believes artificial intelligence could help fight trolls and junk messages. The photo-sharing service debuted Thursday two new tools it said would help it reduce the amount of spam it receives as well block offensive comments that appear on posts and live video. People can choose to have the automatic comment filter on or off. If an out-of-line comment still appears on a certain post with the filter on, people can still report it to Instagram as they would typically do. Instagram said that the comment filter is only available in English, but will debut in other languages at later dates.