Instagram Gets a New Logo
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Instagram has a new logo.
A logo is the small picture or word that shows a company's name.
This is the first change to the Instagram wordmark in more than ten years.
A wordmark is a logo made only from a company's name in a special style.
Instagram is a big app. People use it to share photos and videos.
An app is a small program on your phone.
Some people do not like the new logo.
They say it looks strange.
They say it looks like AI made it.
AI means Artificial Intelligence. It is a computer program that can make pictures or words.
One writer said the new logo is a perfect example of 'AI slop.'
AI slop means bad or strange work made quickly by AI.
The old logo was popular for many years.
Many people know the old Instagram logo very well.
Now Instagram wants a new look for its name.
Vocabulary4 words
- logo
- a small picture or word that shows a company's name
- wordmark
- a logo made only from letters of a name
- app
- a small computer program on a phone
- AI
- a computer program that can create things like pictures or text
Quiz
Answer key
1. Its wordmark logo 2. More than a decade 3. It looks like AI made it
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Instagram has a new _____.
This is the first change to the Instagram _____ in more than ten years.
Instagram is a big _____. People use it to share photos and videos.
Some people do not like the new _____.
They say it looks like _____ made it.
One writer said the new logo is a perfect example of 'AI _____.'
The old logo was _____ for many years.
Now Instagram wants a new _____ for its name.