AI Chatbots having “personality” are announced by Meta

The chatbots will have a “personality” and be knowledgeable about particular topics.

A number of new chatbots for use in Meta’s Messenger service have been announced.

The chatbots will have “personality” and specialize in particular topics, like travel or culinary tips.

It is the most recent shot in a chatbot arms race between tech firms vying to develop more precise and individualized artificial intelligence.

According to boss Mark Zuckerberg, the chatbots are still a work in progress and have “limitations”.

At Meta’s first live event since before the outbreak, Mr. Zuckerberg declared that it had been a “amazing year for AI” in California.

The company’s main chatbot, which works with messaging, is dubbed “Meta AI” by the company. Users can ask Meta AI questions via chat, for instance, “to settle arguments” or for other purposes.

The chatbot, which is built on Llama 2, a sizable language model that the business launched for general commercial usage in July, has not yet undergone testing by the BBC.

Several famous people, including Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner, have signed up to give chatbots their personalities.

The goal is to develop chatbots that can do more than just respond to queries.

According to Zuckerberg, “this isn’t just going to be about answering questions.” “The purpose of this is amusement.”

According to Meta, YouTube sensation MrBeast will play “Zach,” a big brother “who will roast you,” while NFL great Tom Brady will play “Bru,” an AI character that is “a wisecracking sports debater.”

According to Mr. Zuckerberg, there are still “a lot of limitations” on the questions the bots can respond to.

The chatbots will initially only be available in the US when they go live in the upcoming days.

In addition, Mr. Zuckerberg talked about the metaverse, a notion on which he has already spent tens of billions of dollars.

Despite having already made an announcement, Meta provided additional information at the event about its latest virtual reality headset, the Quest 3.

The headset was referred to as the first “mainstream” mixed reality headset by Meta’s boss. A headset with forward-facing cameras will enable augmented reality. It will be accessible starting on October 10.

The company’s significant, long-term wager on the metaverse still doesn’t seem to be paying off, since losses of $21 billion (£17 billion) have been incurred by Meta’s VR division since the year 2022.

Apple’s entry into the more expensive mixed reality hardware market with the Vision Pro earlier this year was followed by the Quest 3.

Mark Zuckerberg has “reinvigorated” the virtual reality industry, according to Mat Day, worldwide gaming strategy director for EssenceMediacom.

“Hardware with mass-market prices is now firmly at the center of Meta’s VR plan. This stands in stark contrast to Apple’s strategy, which is focused on high-end tech enthusiasts,” he remarked.

The day before Meta made its revelation, ChatGPT’s rival OpenAI, which is supported by Microsoft, claimed that its chatbot can now search the internet for up-to-date information. Prior to September 2021, only data from that period was used to train the artificial intelligence-powered system.