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You can edit your videos with AI on Instagram’s new desktop Edits app
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Instagram launched Edits, its standalone video editing app, on macOS with a feature that allows users to edit their content with a connected AI agent.
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TechCrunch emphasises “Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut”; The Verge leads with “You can edit your videos with AI on Instagram’s new desktop Edits app”.

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Instagram launched Edits, its standalone video editing app, on macOS with a feature that allows users to edit their content with a connected AI agent.
2 sources at this update - First reported
The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year.
1 source at this update