Snapchat enables video and stories embeds

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Snapchat has rolled out two new features, including the ability to
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. Users can now embed Lenses,
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and public stories or profiles through their computer browser by clicking the embed button under share options. This will automatically copy the code — just as competitors like Instagram and TikTok have long allowed users to do.

Following years of trying to broaden from just a platform to send pictures back and forth with friends, the option to embed is a logical next step from Snapchat. It builds on other features like articles and discovering local places of interest and, in 2022,
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Along with embeds, Snapchat has also launched an OpenAI-powered feature that lets users extend their snaps to include more of their possible surroundings. The tool is reminiscent of
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but, in this case, estimates what the entire border area looks like versus one targeted piece. Engadget has confirmed this feature is available for Snapchat+ subscribers.

The company has regularly been using AI tools as perks for its now
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. The company's
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— which lets users generate eight packs of "fantastical" images — is limited to one time only for regular users or one set per month for Snapchat+ subscribers. Anyone can buy extra packs for $0.99 each.

Snapchat was quick to hop on the AI boom, rolling out a
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using "OpenAI's GPT technology that the authors have customized" back in February. Initially also available solely to Snapchat+ subscribers,
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two months later with everything from restaurant recommendations to photo responses (as has been the case for AI bots in 2023, not always appropriately).

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