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Where to find Meta AI in Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—and what you can do with it
You’ll find Meta AI front and center in Meta’s apps: In the Facebook Messenger app, for example, tap Chats and you’ll see a Meta AI input box right at the top, above your real life friends and family members. Tap inside that box, and you can start chatting about whatever topic you like. You can also tap Meta AI on the tab bar at the bottom.
Meta Opens Floodgates For AI-Generated Accounts On Facebook, Instagram
AI-generated user accounts are the new normal for Instagram and Facebook parent, Meta. Here's how AI influencers and artificial accounts are evolving.
Meta retracts AI-powered profiles on Instagram and Facebook
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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop
Something about George Romero’s 1978 film about doomed survivors riding out the zombie apocalypse in a shopping mall feels resonant today as I look across Meta’s suite of AI-created profiles. The movie’s blue-skinned corpses don’t know they’re dead. They just wander through the shopping center on autopilot, looking for something new to consume.
Meta deletes its AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles following criticism
Meta Platforms Inc. is moving to delete a collection of artificial intelligence profiles it created on Facebook and Instagram in 2023. Axios reported the move today. It comes a few days after an interview given by a Meta executive brought renewed attention to the AI-powered profiles, which led to a social media backlash against the feature.
Meta's 'AI users' could be the end for Instagram and Facebook
According to the Financial Times, Meta thinks semi-independent custom avatars will be more engaging for young audiences. Connor Hayes, Meta’s vice-president of product for generative AI, said. “They’ll have bios and profile pictures and be able to generate and share content powered by AI on the platform … that’s where we see all of this going.”
Meta accused of censoring Palestinian content on Instagram and Facebook
Meta is being accused of censoring pro-Palestinian content on Instagram on Facebook by the BBC and Human Rights Watch.
Why Meta wants to fill Facebook and Instagram with AI fake profiles? 🤖
Social networks could soon welcome millions of new "users." These entities, designed by artificial intelligence, will interact with human profiles, disrupting online social dynamics. Meta,
Meta's dream of AI-generated users isn't going anywhere
Meta took down a few reviled AI-generated users. But that's not the end of the story. It still sees more AI bots talking to ...
Meta’s AI Instagram bots spark swift backlash: ‘Manufacturing the human experience’
Internet users swiftly went to work in the wake of an interview Meta executive Connor Hayes had with the Financial Times, where he said the company hosted entirely AI-generated characters that post on ...
Instagram and Facebook Delete Experimental AI Accounts After Backlash
Meta quickly pulled the plug on AI bot accounts it had tested on Facebook and Instagram after users attacked the idea ...
UFC CEO Dana White joins Meta's board of directors: 'Social media and AI are the future'
UFC CEO Dana White is joining the board of directors for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and ...
Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well
Many of the AI bots haven’t shared new content on their grid since early 2024, and it’s unclear how (or if) users have been ...