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By: Bettina Menzel
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WhatsApp users will soon be able to easily chat with Meta's AI assistant (symbolic image). © IMAGO/Budrul Chukrut / SOPA Images
WhatsApp is good for staying in touch with people. In the future, users will also be able to easily chat with artificial intelligence.
Menlo Park – The AI assistant Meta AI is considered Mark Zuckerberg's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT. In the future, it will be even easier to chat with the AI assistant: WhatsApp users will soon be able to reach Meta AI via the search function without having to open a separate chat. The Meta Group is working on a corresponding update, as the industry blog
WABetaInfo
reported.
The future of chat is here: WhatsApp users will soon be able to access Meta AI via the search function
The chatbot Meta AI is already available to users of Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp in the USA. The tool can answer questions, search the web, create images or stickers, but according to Meta it can also “make people laugh when they need a good joke” or “settle a debate in a group chat”.
The use of Meta AI will soon become even more uncomplicated: In the future, inquiries will be possible directly via the WhatsApp search function, instead of via a separate chat window as was previously the case. WhatsApp will also soon suggest prompts to make it easier to start a conversation with the chatbot. The function will be available in a future update,
WABetaInfo
continued.
It was not initially clear when Meta would roll out the corresponding update in Germany. But one thing is clear: WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are indispensable in everyday life for many people around the world. WhatsApp alone has two billion active users worldwide. This opens up the potential for Meta AI to reach the mass market. For many, Meta AI could be their first contact with generative artificial intelligence.
service |
Number of monthly active users |
Three billion |
|
Two billion |
|
Two billion |
|
ChatGPT |
100 million |
Sources: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Reuters
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