Open Instagram this week, and the algorithm has apparently decided it's 1986. Big hair, disco lighting, grainy film stock, and a wave of AI-generated throwback portraits have taken over Stories and Reels, and almost everyone is using the same tool to make them: ChatGPT.

Users upload their latest picture and request from ChatGPT that it be recreated in 80s vibes where only the features and skin colour of the person remain the same and the rest, including hair, clothing, setting, light, and grain, in the picture are revamped.

The trending prompt on Instagram Stories involves asking the AI about how the user looks in the 80s by........

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