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AI Didn't Kill Instagram. Instagram Killed Instagram.

Instagram's head Adam Mosseri recently declared that the polished aesthetic that made Instagram popular is dead, and AI helped kill it. This narrative is convenient but wrong. AI didn't kill Instagram. Instagram killed Instagram years before AI-generated content became widespread

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