Artifact Launches Posts to Let Users Share Original Content, Evolving into a Social Network

Artifact launching ability for users to make posts, expanding beyond an aggregator into more of a social network
With Posts feature, users can share own content like reviews, recipes, etc directly without needing a link
Posts distributed to followers and recommended based on topics people have engaged with before
Launch shows Artifact expanding beyond news aggregation to compete with X and Threads
Comes after co-founder Kevin Systrom said they're still exploring product-market fit and the role of AI, ML, and mobile

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10/19/2023

Instagram Founders' Artifact App Expands into Local Discovery and User Content

Artifact, the personalized news aggregation app, is expanding its features to include the ability to share favorite places, transforming the app into a discovery engine for various types of content and allowing users to establish themselves as curators. The app also utilizes AI technology for its recommendation engine and offers AI summaries of news articles. While Artifact's direction and purpose may still be unclear, it is becoming a platform for news, links, and other content of interest to users.