- Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is exploring the development of artificial intelligence (AI) products to assist creators in connecting with their fans.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned the potential use of AI agents or chatbots to facilitate interactions between creators and their audiences.
- The company aims to create experiences that enable people to connect with the creators they admire and help creators build and nurture their communities.
- The specific AI products and features that Meta Platforms plans to develop for this purpose were not disclosed.
- This move aligns with Meta's broader strategy of focusing on the creator economy and enhancing user experiences on its platforms.
- Meta is planning to roll out AI-powered chatbots with different personas on its social media platforms.
- The chatbots are designed to have humanlike conversations and will launch as early as next month.
- Meta sees the chatbots as a way to boost engagement and collect more data on users.
- The chatbots may raise privacy concerns.
- Snapchat has also launched an AI chatbot, but faced criticism and concerns.
- Mark Zuckerberg mentioned that Meta is building new AI-powered products and will share more details later this year.
- More details on Meta's AI roadmap are expected to be announced in September.
- Meta reported 11% year-over-year revenue growth.
Meta is introducing non-personalized content feeds on Facebook and Instagram for users in the European Union in order to comply with the Digital Services Act, allowing users to switch off AI-driven "personalization" features that track and profile individuals. The move comes ahead of the August 25 deadline and follows a similar announcement by TikTok.
Meta, the company behind Facebook, is taking a different approach from other AI developers by releasing its AI models for download and free commercial use, sparking a larger debate about access control to AI models and their potential risks and benefits.
Meta, the creator of Facebook and Instagram, has introduced a privacy setting that allows users to request that their data not be used to train its AI models, although the effectiveness of this form is questionable.
Meta is developing a new, more powerful and open-source AI model to rival OpenAI and plans to train it on their own infrastructure.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is reportedly developing a powerful new AI model to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4 and catch up in the Silicon Valley AI race.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in smartphones, with Google and Apple integrating AI features into their devices, including camera enhancements, adaptive features, and smart suggestions, while AI-powered generative chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Bard are challenging traditional digital assistants like Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa. The AI revolution is just beginning, with more AI and machine learning features expected to come to market in the future.
Meta plans to release personality-driven AI chatbots across various platforms to attract young users, with the first bots expected to launch this week. The bots will be available on social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp and aim to increase chat engagement while providing potential productivity tools. Internal documents reveal bots like "Bob the Robot" and "Alvin the Alien," with the former designed to resonate with young people through farcical humor and the latter potentially collecting personal information. Meta's move to target younger users comes in response to TikTok's popularity, and they are also reportedly developing chatbot tools for celebrities.
Meta is entering the AI chatbot competition with its own assistant and a range of AI characters, offering features such as real-time web results through a partnership with Microsoft's Bing and generating images via prompts, with the aim of providing a conversational and immersive user experience.
AI-powered stickers, image editing features, a new virtual assistant called Meta AI, and a lineup of AI characters are being introduced by Facebook to enhance connections, creativity, and expression for users on platforms such as WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Meta has partnered with celebrities and influencers to transform them into AI-powered chatbots with distinct personalities and profiles, including Snoop Dogg, Charli D’Amelio, Tom Brady, and Paris Hilton. These celebrity chatbots will be available on Instagram and Facebook, providing entertainment and connection, with voice capabilities expected in the future. Additionally, Meta has announced AI image-editing features for Instagram and new customized stickers across its platforms.
Meta has announced the launch of its own AI chat assistant and a selection of AI characters, including Snoop Dogg as a dungeon master, for its messaging platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.
Meta Platforms used public Facebook and Instagram posts, excluding private and sensitive information, to train its Meta AI virtual assistant, according to the company's president of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg.
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is expected to benefit from the AI wave and the personal AI assistant category, presenting a potentially large market opportunity for the company through advertising or subscriptions. Despite the continued spending on the Metaverse and the potential for AR/VR devices to be sold at a loss, Meta remains cheap compared to other tech giants, and the stock is poised for growth.
Tech giant Meta (formerly Facebook) is targeting Gen Z with a range of AI features including chatbots with personalities, AI-generated stickers, and AI personalities based on celebrities, but experts are divided on whether this strategy will be successful in capturing the attention and dollars of the demographic.
Meta has launched AI-powered chatbots across its messaging apps that mimic the personalities of celebrities, reflecting the growing popularity of "character-driven" AI, while other AI chatbot platforms like Character.AI and Replika have also gained traction, but the staying power of these AI-powered characters remains uncertain.
Meta Platforms showcased its new generative AI tools, including AI assistants, chatbots, and image generators, which could increase engagement with its apps and drive revenue for its messaging businesses, potentially propelling the company back into the $1 trillion club.
Meta has unveiled "Meta AI," a generative AI assistant featuring celebrity alter egos like Kendall Jenner, Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, Naomi Osaka, Chris Paul, and Paris Hilton to enhance user engagement with AI.
Android 14 has been released for eligible Pixel devices, offering improved security, accessibility features, and integration with the Health Connect app, along with generative AI wallpapers; Google plans to bring generative AI to the Fitbit app next year, allowing users to find connections and correlations in their fitness data and receive personalized coaching and dynamic workout recommendations; Google Podcasts will be discontinued, although users can migrate their podcast data to another service; TikTok is testing a new ad-free monthly subscription; Meta AI virtual assistant is coming to WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger; Samsung Wallet will support mobile driver's licenses and state IDs, starting with Iowa and Arizona; new Android apps and games include Google Magnifier for reading text from a distance, Slim Battle: Idle RPG Games, Soccer Manager 2024, Aznana, and Cloaked, a privacy app for creating cloaked IDs.
Tech giants like Amazon, OpenAI, Meta, and Google are introducing AI tools and chatbots that aim to provide a more natural and conversational interaction, blurring the lines between AI assistants and human friends, although debates continue about the depth and authenticity of these relationships as well as concerns over privacy and security.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is reportedly paying a top creator up to $5 million over two years for using their likeness as an AI assistant, as the company introduces 28 AI chatbots with different personalities that use celebrities' images.
Meta has rolled out AI chatbots on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, which include 15 chatbots based on celebrities and 13 non-celebrity chatbots, allowing users to chat with different bots for different conversations and purposes, although the interaction may feel more like conversing with an amateur screenwriter.
Meta's AI characters, which include famous celebrities playing fictional roles, are essentially just standard chatbots that interact with users through messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. However, their limited contextual reactions and reliance on pre-recorded video undermine the experience and raise questions about privacy and data.
Meta has introduced AI-generated personas, including AI influencers, on platforms like Instagram and Facebook, featuring the likeness and personality of celebrities and public figures like Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, and Paris Hilton.
Meta is expanding its ability to block data tracking on Instagram, allowing users to review, disconnect, or clear collected information from businesses sharing data with Meta across various apps and websites. Users can now access this feature called "Activity Off-Meta Technologies" in the Accounts Center, and Meta has also announced the ability to transfer photos and videos from Instagram to other services through the platform.
Meta, the company behind Instagram, is introducing new features that allow users to manage their data and control how their activity is tracked across sites and apps. These tools include options to review and disconnect specific activity, as well as transfer information to other platforms.
Main topic: Growth and future prospects of Meta's Threads app and Meta's focus on generative AI.
Key points:
1. Threads app has "just under" 100 million monthly active users, and Mark Zuckerberg believes there is a "good chance" it could reach 1 billion users in the next few years.
2. The app initially faced engagement issues, but Meta has been adding new features, resulting in increased engagement, including attracting former "power users" from X.
3. Meta is increasingly focused on generative AI and plans to deprioritize non-AI projects, while continuing to invest in the metaverse, despite heavy losses in the AR and VR division.
