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Emma Roth

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    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Instagram could let AI generate a profile picture for you.

    Reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi dug up a menu within the app showing the option to “create An AI profile picture.” While you can already upload an AI-generated profile picture to Instagram, this would streamline the process.

    Meta’s other apps — Facebook and WhatsApp — have been spotted working on a similar feature.

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Threads is investigating an issue where replies appear as new posts.

    Over the weekend, several Threads users noticed seemingly random, out-of-context posts on their feeds — only to realize they were replies without the original post attached.

    Fortunately, it looks like a fix may be on the way, as Instagram engineer Seth Kinast says the company is “investigating” the apparent bug.

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