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The '''Sparkles emoji''' ('''✨''') is an ] that has one large star surrounded by smaller stars. Originating from Japan to represent sparkles used in ] and ], the sparkles are often used as emphasis in text by surrounding words or phrases with it. It is the third most-used emoji in the world on ] as of 2021, and since the early 2020s it has been used by major software companies to represent ].

Sources:<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2023 |title=How ✨ became the unofficial AI emoji |url=https://qz.com/how-became-the-unofficial-ai-emoji-1851059332 |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 2024 |title=Has Artificial Intelligence Co-opted the Sparkle Emoji? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-10/openai-google-adobe-and-more-have-embraced-the-sparkle-emoji-for-ai |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 August 2024 |title=How the Sparkles Emoji Became the Symbol of Our AI Future |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-the-sparkles-emoji-became-the-symbol-of-our-ai-future-e7786eef |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 September 2024 |title=The Proliferation and Problem of the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Icon |url=https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-sparkles-icon-problem/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2024 |title=Why the sparkle emoji became the symbol of AI |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-the-sparkle-emoji-became-the-symbol-of-ai/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 2024 |title=I Need Tech Companies to Stop Using the Sparkles Emoji for AI |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/i-need-tech-companies-to-stop-using-the-sparkles-emoji-for-ai/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2024 |title=How the sparkles emoji took over AI |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91030156/how-the-sparkle-emoji-took-over-ai |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sparkles |url=https://emojipedia.org/sparkles |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=]}}</ref>
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The '''Sparkles emoji''' ('''✨''') ...

Emphasis sources:<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCulloch |first=Gretchen |author-link=Gretchen McCulloch |title=] |publisher=] |year=2019 |pages=137–139}}</ref><ref name=":1" />


== Development == == Development ==
The sparkles emoji was first used by Japanese mobile operators ], ] and ] in the late 1990s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1 October 2021 |title=It's Not Just You. The Sparkles Emoji is ✨Everywhere✨ |url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref> The emoji was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and Emoji 1.0 in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> According to ], the Sparkles emoji was first used by Japanese mobile operators ], ] and ] in the late 1990s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1 October 2021 |title=It's Not Just You. The Sparkles Emoji is ✨Everywhere✨ |url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref> The emoji was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and Emoji 1.0 in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sparkles |url=https://emojipedia.org/sparkles |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=]}}</ref>

On some platforms the Sparkles emoji has been multicoloured whilst on other platforms it has been one colour. ] and ]'s Sparkles have changed from being multicoloured to being a single colour. ]'s version of the emoji previously had a night sky in the background.<ref name=":0" />


== Usage == == Usage ==


=== Communication === === Interpersonal communication ===
The Sparkles emoji was originally meant to represent the usage of sparkles in Japanese ] and ], where the sparkles are used to represent beauty, happiness or awe. The emoji has several meanings and depends upon context. Starting in the late 2010s or around 2020, the emoji started being used to surround words or phrases to be used as emphasis, an example being "I would simply ✨pass away✨". It can also be used as sarcasm, irony or as a way to mock people.<ref name=":1" /> Without emoji this could be represented with ] or ], for exampe, "~tildes~" or "~*asterisk plus tilde*~" or "~*~*true sparkle exuberance*~*~".<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCulloch |first=Gretchen |author-link=Gretchen McCulloch |title=] |publisher=] |year=2019 |pages=137–139}}</ref> The sparkles emoji can be used to represent stars in text, be used to represent cleanliness or can be used to mean "orgasm" whilst ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2018 |title=✨ Sparkles emoji |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/sparkles-emoji/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=]}}</ref>
The sparkles emoji was originally supposed to represent the usage of sparkles in Japanese ] and ], where the sparkles are used to represent beauty, happiness or awe.<ref name=":1" />


In September 2021 the Sparkles emoji overtook the Pleading Face (🥺) emoji to become the third most used emoji in the world according to ], with approximately 1 per cent of all ] containing the Sparkles emoji.<ref name=":1" /> In September 2021 the Sparkles emoji overtook the Pleading Face (🥺) emoji to become the third most-used emoji in the world according to ], with approximately 1 per cent of all ] containing the Sparkles emoji.<ref name=":1" />


=== Artificial intelligence === === Artificial intelligence ===
] chatbot logo contains a sparkle.]]
In the early 2020s the Sparkles emoji started being used as an icon to represent ] (AI). Companies who use the emoji this way include ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2023 |title=How ✨ became the unofficial AI emoji |url=https://qz.com/how-became-the-unofficial-ai-emoji-1851059332 |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=17 August 2024 |title=How the Sparkles Emoji Became the Symbol of Our AI Future |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-the-sparkles-emoji-became-the-symbol-of-our-ai-future-e7786eef |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2024 |title=How the sparkles emoji took over AI |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91030156/how-the-sparkle-emoji-took-over-ai |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref> As of August 2024, seven of the top 10 software companies by market capitalisation use the Sparkles emojis with AI.<ref name=":2" /> OpenAI has different versions of the Sparkles for different versions of the models that ] uses. One explanation is that Sparkles is being used by these companies as a way to market AI as "magic".<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=28 December 2024 |title=Why the sparkle emoji became the symbol of AI |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-the-sparkle-emoji-became-the-symbol-of-ai/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref> Marketing technology as "magic" has been used before AI, particularly by ].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=10 July 2024 |title=Has Artificial Intelligence Co-opted the Sparkle Emoji? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-10/openai-google-adobe-and-more-have-embraced-the-sparkle-emoji-for-ai |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=]}}</ref> Another explanation given by designers and marketers choosing to use Sparkles to signify AI is simply that everyone else is doing it, making it familiar to users.<ref name=":2" />

Around 2024 some of these companies started removing two of the smaller stars from the emoji in their AI services and have kept the one large star, an example being Google's ] chatbot.<ref name=":2" />

In early 2024 the ] provided test subjects with the star in isolation and found that people did not associate the symbol with AI, but instead mostly with "optimisation" or "favourite or save an item".<ref name=":3" />


== References == == References ==
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Emoji featuring several stars

The Twemoji sparkles emoji

The Sparkles emoji (✨) is an emoji that has one large star surrounded by smaller stars. Originating from Japan to represent sparkles used in anime and manga, the sparkles are often used as emphasis in text by surrounding words or phrases with it. It is the third most-used emoji in the world on Twitter as of 2021, and since the early 2020s it has been used by major software companies to represent artificial intelligence.

Development

According to Emojipedia, the Sparkles emoji was first used by Japanese mobile operators SoftBank, Docomo and au in the late 1990s. The emoji was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

On some platforms the Sparkles emoji has been multicoloured whilst on other platforms it has been one colour. Twitter and Microsoft's Sparkles have changed from being multicoloured to being a single colour. Samsung's version of the emoji previously had a night sky in the background.

Usage

Interpersonal communication

The Sparkles emoji was originally meant to represent the usage of sparkles in Japanese anime and manga, where the sparkles are used to represent beauty, happiness or awe. The emoji has several meanings and depends upon context. Starting in the late 2010s or around 2020, the emoji started being used to surround words or phrases to be used as emphasis, an example being "I would simply ✨pass away✨". It can also be used as sarcasm, irony or as a way to mock people. Without emoji this could be represented with tildes or asterisks, for exampe, "~tildes~" or "~*asterisk plus tilde*~" or "~*~*true sparkle exuberance*~*~". The sparkles emoji can be used to represent stars in text, be used to represent cleanliness or can be used to mean "orgasm" whilst sexting.

In September 2021 the Sparkles emoji overtook the Pleading Face (🥺) emoji to become the third most-used emoji in the world according to Emojipedia, with approximately 1 per cent of all tweets containing the Sparkles emoji.

Artificial intelligence

The Gemini chatbot logo contains a sparkle.

In the early 2020s the Sparkles emoji started being used as an icon to represent artificial intelligence (AI). Companies who use the emoji this way include Google, OpenAI, Samsung, Microsoft, Adobe, Spotify and Zoom. As of August 2024, seven of the top 10 software companies by market capitalisation use the Sparkles emojis with AI. OpenAI has different versions of the Sparkles for different versions of the models that ChatGPT uses. One explanation is that Sparkles is being used by these companies as a way to market AI as "magic". Marketing technology as "magic" has been used before AI, particularly by Apple. Another explanation given by designers and marketers choosing to use Sparkles to signify AI is simply that everyone else is doing it, making it familiar to users.

Around 2024 some of these companies started removing two of the smaller stars from the emoji in their AI services and have kept the one large star, an example being Google's Gemini chatbot.

In early 2024 the Nielsen Norman Group provided test subjects with the star in isolation and found that people did not associate the symbol with AI, but instead mostly with "optimisation" or "favourite or save an item".

References

  1. ^ "It's Not Just You. The Sparkles Emoji is ✨Everywhere✨". Emojipedia. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Sparkles". Emojipedia. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  3. McCulloch, Gretchen (2019). Because Internet. Riverhead Books. pp. 137–139.
  4. "✨ Sparkles emoji". Dictionary.com. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  5. "How ✨ became the unofficial AI emoji". Quartz. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  6. ^ "How the Sparkles Emoji Became the Symbol of Our AI Future". The Wall Street Journal. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  7. "How the sparkles emoji took over AI". Fast Company. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Has Artificial Intelligence Co-opted the Sparkle Emoji?". Bloomberg News. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Why the sparkle emoji became the symbol of AI". The Globe and Mail. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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