Updated October 15, 2026: Artifact no longer operates as a standalone iPhone app. Yahoo acquired its technology in 2024 and used it in Yahoo News. If you arrived looking for the old Artifact download, the current product to explore is Yahoo News for iPhone and iPad.
What happened to Artifact?
Artifact was the personalized news-discovery app created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. It used machine learning to tailor a reading feed and offered tools for sharing links, finding stories and responding to clickbait. Our original article covered it in October 2023.
Yahoo’s April 2, 2024 acquisition announcement said Artifact would stop operating as a standalone app. The transaction had closed on March 29. Yahoo explained that it would integrate Artifact’s personalization technology and other features into its own products.
Where its technology went
On June 13, 2024, Yahoo announced a redesigned Yahoo News app built using Artifact’s technology. The launch described a personalized feed, article takeaways, controls for keywords and publishers, clickbait reporting and easier sharing. These are the features Yahoo described at launch; the current app listing is the place to check today’s capabilities and requirements.
Apple’s US catalog currently lists Yahoo News: Daily News For You under Yahoo Inc., app ID 304158842. This is a separate app from the original Artifact listing. Check the publisher and current device requirements before downloading.
Choosing a news-reading app
A personalized feed can help you discover stories, but it is still useful to open the original publisher’s report, check its date and read beyond a summary. Follow several sources and adjust topic preferences when the feed becomes too repetitive.
For more current iPhone apps, explore our App Store rankings. This page replaces its obsolete Artifact download links with Yahoo’s documented transition and the current Yahoo News listing.
Image credit: Yahoo’s official June 2024 product artwork, showing Yahoo News after the integration of Artifact technology. It is not an image of the original Artifact app.