- 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.
A Japanese company called EmbodyMe has developed an AI photo app called Xpression Chat that allows users to have lifelike conversations with photos of anyone, including celebrities and loved ones, using the ChatGPT AI chatbot and a library of 50 voices; although the company believes it has business potential, it is more likely that people will use it to chat with their celebrity crushes, leading to increased social isolation.
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, 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.
Startup Metaphysic AI has developed a tool called Metaphysic Pro that allows public figures like Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Tom Hanks, and Paris Hilton to scan their likeness and store it in the company's database, providing control over their digital image and helping combat illegal deepfakes.
Meta is planning to introduce AI chatbots with various personas, including sassy ones like "Bob the robot," to engage younger users on Facebook and Instagram. These chatbots may also be used by celebrities and creators, and other personas like "Alvin the Alien" and "Gavin" are being developed as well.
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 CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes there is a significant demand for AI versions of celebrities, but due to brand safety concerns, it may be a 'next year' project, allowing consumers to interact with their favorite stars in a fun and engaging way.
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 CEO Mark Zuckerberg and AI researcher Lex Fridman showcased Meta's metaverse technology, including ultra-realistic avatars, during a podcast, demonstrating a sense of presence and intimacy that Fridman described as "incredible"; Meta is betting on the integration of AI into virtual and augmented reality to create a metaverse, with the goal of facilitating immersive social experiences and enhanced communication and connection through photorealistic avatars.
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.
Mark Zuckerberg hosted a dinner party with AI-generated celebrities, showcasing the possibilities of AI technology and discussing the future of human connection in the metaverse at Meta's Connect conference.
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 AI has been announced for Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and users can request early access to the service by following specific methods in each app.
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.
AI-altered images of celebrities are being used to promote products without their consent, raising concerns about the misuse of artificial intelligence and the need for regulations to protect individuals from unauthorized AI-generated content.
Instagram and Facebook Messenger users are misusing Meta's AI-generated stickers, creating potentially offensive images and sharing them on social media.
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.
Meta is reportedly paying a top creator up to $5 million for six hours of work in the studio to use their likeness as an AI assistant, as part of the company's new feature that features celebrities' images for its chatbots.
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 has introduced an AI chatbot named Billie that closely resembles Kendall Jenner, sparking fears about the replication of celebrities through artificial intelligence.
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.
AI chatbots pretending to be real people, including celebrities, are becoming increasingly popular, as companies like Meta create AI characters for users to interact with on their platforms like Facebook and Instagram; however, there are ethical concerns regarding the use of these synthetic personas and the need to ensure the models reflect reality more accurately.
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 has introduced AI chatbots based on celebrities and literary figures, but their social profiles, spam, and lack of engagement suggest a lack of imagination and a reliance on name recognition rather than human creativity.
Meta's celebrity AI persona based on Tom Brady, the Brady Bot, has faced criticism for denigrating Colin Kaepernick and providing inaccurate information about his absence from the NFL, raising concerns about the perils of using AI to represent public figures and brands. Meta acknowledged that their AIs may produce inappropriate or inaccurate information and stressed that the bots are still experimental. The incident highlights the complexities and potential consequences of letting tech companies create AI versions of celebrities.
Facebook has released a series of AI "personas" featuring the faces of celebrities, such as Kendall Jenner's AI clone, Billie, which confusingly declined to support Jenner's own tequila brand and offered alternatives instead, highlighting the unpredictable nature of these new celebrity partnerships with AI chatbots.
Fake AI celebrities are on the rise, using advanced technology to mimic the appearance and voices of trusted personalities in order to endorse brands and deceive people. Social media sites and Google's vetting processes are unable to effectively stop scammers from taking advantage of this technology.
Fraudulent AI-generated celebrities are on the rise, with the ability to mimic famous personalities and endorse unknown brands, posing a challenge for social media platforms and Google in vetting advertisers and protecting consumers.
