Let’s be real – while Mark Zuckerberg is busy creating AI avatars that look straight out of a 2005 PlayStation game, TikTok is over here spicing up your boring Friday night selfies, with a sprinkle of reality.

Here’s the tea: TikTok just dropped some new AI features that actually make sense. Yep, not silly robots generating pictures of “an astronaut riding a jellyfish through space” (we get it, you’re creative). Instead, they’re giving us stuff we might, you know, actually use.

Take the new “AI Group Shot” feature, for example. The real charm comes from how it handles different photos taken at different times and places, perfect for creating those “what if” moments. The AI smoothly blends them together, matching lighting and styling to make it look like you and your friends were all actually hanging out.

Meanwhile, TikTok’s “AI Self” feature takes a more personal approach, focusing on your individual creative expression. This tool acts like your own digital stylist and imaginative partner, allowing you to transform your selfies into various artistic interpretations.

Nobody likes staring at their phone for 20 minutes trying to think of a witty caption for a brunch pic. TikTok’s AI-powered caption suggestions have you covered. The AI analyzes the best trending topics in order to  help you ride that wave. 

The bottom line? While other platforms are trying to turn us into AI “artists,” TikTok’s turning AI into our personal hype machine. And in 2025’s social media landscape, that’s the difference between “going viral” and “going home to scroll through more AI-generated cat pictures.”

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