Meta quietly releases Style Sketch, an AI fashion app

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Meta has quietly launched a new AI-powered fashion app called Style Sketch. The app can pull photos you have already posted on Instagram to build a virtual closet automatically. Users who prefer to add items themselves can do so by taking a photo, recording a short video, or uploading images from their camera roll. The launch was reported by TechCrunch, which noted that Meta did not make a big public announcement about it.

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