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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/09\/meta-previews-generative-ai-tools-coming-to-whatsapp-messenger-and-instagram-plus-internal-ai-tools\/<\/a><\/br> Meta this week showcased its work on new generative AI technologies for its consumer products, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, as well as those being used internally at the company. At an all-hands meeting, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced several AI technologies in various stages of development, including AI chatbots for Messenger and WhatsApp, AI stickers, and other tools that would allow photo editing in Instagram Stories, in addition to internal-only products, like an AI productivity assistant and an experimental interface for interacting with AI agents, powered by Meta\u2019s large language model LLaMA.<\/p>\n Axios<\/a> had first reported the news of the consumer-facing AI agents and photo-editing tools, specifically. But the larger presentation touched on a number of areas where Meta is developing AI technologies and commentary about where it sees this space going.<\/p>\n In addition, the company announced it\u2019s planning to host an internal AI hackathon in July focused on generative AI, which could result in new AI products that eventually make their way to Meta\u2019s users.<\/p>\n The news follows Zuckerberg\u2019s statements during Meta\u2019s Q1 earnings<\/a> that it was exploring how to put new AI technologies to use in products that reach billions of users worldwide.<\/p>\n During the call with investors, Zuckerberg had first teased Meta\u2019s plans to explore \u201cchat experiences\u201d in WhatsApp and Messenger, as well as visual creation tools for posts on Facebook and Instagram, among other things. During the meeting, Zuckerberg shared more about these projects in a joint presentation with Ahmad Al-Dahle, VP of Engineering, Generative AI at Meta.<\/p>\n For instance, Meta\u2019s AI chatbots, or AI agents as they\u2019re being called, would allow consumers to interact with AIs that had unique personas and skill sets that could help and entertain people.<\/p>\n This is one of the areas in the consumer market that\u2019s been gaining increasing attention and investment in recent months, as demand for AI chatbots has taken off. One leading app in this space, Character.AI, developed by researchers who helped build LaMDA<\/a> (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) while at Google, gained over 1.7 million new installs<\/a> in less than a week on the market, it said. The company is backed by $150 million<\/a> in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). However, the app competes with numerous other chatbot apps on the App Store providing similar functionality, ranging from those that allow users to develop their own AI characters, like Replika, to those that serve a particular purpose, like writing helpers or personal assistants.<\/p>\n Meta plans to first release its AI agents on Messenger and WhatsApp but sees a broader future for such technologies that may see them expanding across its family of applications, and eventually to smart glasses, Zuckerberg told employees. In those cases, the vision is that consumers would wear some sort of smart glasses \u2014 similar to Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban Stories \u2014 to interact with the agents via voice.<\/p>\n As one example, a user at an airport could ask the agent what to do in the city for a couple of hours during a layover. Users could also prompt the agent to respond to queries in specific styles, as you could with a text-based agent. While Ray-Ban Stories are sunglasses \u2014 and not likely appropriate for smart glasses with AI chat \u2014 Meta has been developing other tech in this space, like Project Aria<\/a> and efforts from its Research Lab.<\/a><\/p>\n In addition, Meta said in the meeting it was experimenting with AI that would allow users to engage with a text prompt in order to modify their own photos for sharing in Instagram Stories. This also comes on the heels of significant consumer interest in AI photo editors, including the viral trend of AI avatars that kicked off last year, sending apps like Lensa AI<\/a> to the top of the App Store. Apps that turn words into AI photos<\/a>, like Wonder, are also popular across the App Store.<\/p>\n In Meta\u2019s case, the plan is to introduce AI stickers in Messenger, which could be generated from a text prompt. Another project, which has yet to enter internal testing, would allow users to type in a prompt as to how they want to edit a photo they\u2019re planning to post to Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n For consumers, the benefit of Meta\u2019s entry into this space is that these tools would be made free to use, thanks to Meta\u2019s ad-supported business. Most competitive apps on the App Store offer only limited AI edits for free, but then push users into ongoing subscriptions to try all the features.<\/p>\n The meeting also showcased other ways Meta was using generative AI for internal purposes.<\/p>\n This included an experimental internal-only interface to an \u201cagents playground\u201d powered by its large language model LLaMA where Meta employees could have conversations with AI agents and then provide feedback to help the company improve its systems. It\u2019s also working with MetaGen, which provides APIs for Meta\u2019s text and image generation models for experimental use and prototyping, and Metamate, an internal productivity assistant that pulls information from internal sources to perform various tasks, driven by users\u2019 text prompts.<\/p>\n For instance, developers could ask Metamate to help it find bugs in products they were dogfooding, while others could use it to help find space in their calendar by shifting meetings around.<\/p>\n Meta confirmed to TechCrunch its initial consumer-facing tools will arrive this year, likely sometime in the next few months.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the last year, we\u2019ve seen some really incredible breakthroughs \u2014 qualitative breakthroughs \u2014 on generative AI and that gives us the opportunity to now go take that technology, push it forward, and build it into every single one of our products,\u201d Zuckerberg said during the presentation. \u201cWe\u2019re going to play an important and unique role in the industry in bringing these capabilities to billions of people in new ways that other people aren\u2019t going to do, he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n
\nMeta previews generative AI tools coming to WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, plus internal AI tools<\/br>
\n2023-06-09 21:53:18<\/br><\/p>\n