Instagram has launched a new generative AI-powered tool that will let users create new backgrounds for their Stories. Meta’s generative AI lead, Ahmad Al-Dahle, announced the feature on Threads with a video tutorial.
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The backdrop tool will appear once a picture has been capture or uploaded from Photo Library, and will exist alongside other icons on the top of the screen. Once the icon is clicked the image’s background will go checkered and a text box will appear prompting you to “describe the backdrop you want…”
Stories created with AI backdrop will get tagged by Instagram along with a sticker promoting viewers to try the feature and the prompt you used for this background.
