‘Incredible breakthrough’ in AI
meta ceo Mark Zuckerberg He addressed recent layoffs but focused mostly on the company’s generative AI projects and ‘incredible breakthroughs’.
“Over the past year, we’ve seen some really incredible breakthroughs – qualitative breakthroughs – on generative AI and that gives us an opportunity to now take that technology, take it further and build it into every one of our products,” Zuckerberg said, as That is reported by CNBC.
“We are going to play an important and unique role in the industry by bringing these capabilities to billions of people in new ways that others are not going to,” he was quoted as saying.
It should be noted that Meta has not yet released any consumer-oriented generative AI products and recently, it has invested in infrastructure to support its AI innovations.
AI on Instagram
Instagram already offers various filters to dramatically change the tone of images, but the company demonstrated a tool that can modify a user’s photos via text prompt and another that adds emoji to messaging services. Can make stickers.
AI in Messenger and WhatsApp
Meta is also bringing AI tools, such as AI Agents, to WhatsApp and Messenger to help users with different personalities and abilities.
Plus, AI-generated stickers are also coming to Messenger. The company will leverage its image generation model to enable users to create stickers based on text prompts.
“With AI-generated stickers, our users can have infinitely more options for self-expression, cultural representation, and even trend relevance. Of course, stickers are just the tip of the iceberg,” The Verge quoted Ahmed Al-Dahle, Meta’s vice president of AI, as saying.
The AI tool will also allow users to transform images, such as changing the aspect ratio of an image or turning a picture into a painting.
The company also announced a productivity assistant for employees, called metamateWho will answer the questions of the employees and perform the work.