New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Instagram feeds are filled with AI-generated portraits that look as if they were taken decades ago. The images evoke the characteristic visual aesthetics of the 1980s, with exaggerated hairstyles, vibrant clothing, soft lighting and film grain effects.

This phenomenon is known as the ChatGPT '80s photo trend, and it allows people to create vintage-style images using artificial intelligence and image generation. This trend has now caught the eye of those who post their images on Instagram, Reels, and the "Add Yours" section.

The trend is to upload a photo to ChatGPT and ask it to render the same picture in a true '80s style. Users can choose everything from clothing and hairstyles to lighting, backgrounds and photog...