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Instagram's Edits Gets a Desktop, and the AI Assistant Gets a Seat
· New York time
Instagram's standalone video editor Edits is now available on macOS, bringing the app to a larger screen and allowing users to connect an AI agent of their choice to help assemble videos. The phone timeline has finally been allowed to stretch its legs. Instagram's Matthew Simari, who leads product management for Edits, discussed the desktop release with The Verge. The AI connection gives users an option to bring a preferred agent into the editing process, rather than making every cut solely through manual controls. It is an invitation to put a digital assistant beside the timeline, not a guarantee that the assistant will know which moment was actually funny. A larger display can be useful when arranging clips and checking a video. The new version also puts Meta's creator tool on a computer, where some users already do more involved editing. For people who started on a phone, the appeal is less mysterious than the AI pitch: there is simply more room to see what they are doing. The desktop release gives creators another way to work with the editing app. Whether an agent saves time will depend on the task and the creator's judgment. At least the creator can now review the result without using a thumb as a precision instrument. The assistant may help with the assembly, but someone still has to decide whether the finished video deserves an audience.
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