Meta Launches AI Chatbots with Distinct Personalities

Meta is preparing a series of AI-based chatbots that feature different personalities. According to Reuters, the Financial Times reported that these chatbots are expected to be available to users by September of this year. The report cites informed sources stating that Meta is designing prototypes for chatbots that can converse with users like humans, as the company seeks to enhance interaction with its social media platforms. The report mentions that the social media giant based in Menlo Park, California, is even considering a chatbot that speaks like Abraham Lincoln, or designing another chatbot that provides travel recommendations through surfing. The goal of these chatbots is to offer search options and also recommend to users. This report comes as Meta's executives focus on expanding 'Threads', their new text-based social network, which has lost more than half of its users after a promising start in the initial weeks. Meta did not respond to Reuters' inquiry regarding the Financial Times report. The parent company of Facebook stated last week that it had better-than-expected advertising revenues in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. It seems that the company is distancing itself from its poor performance in 2022, a period during which it had to lay off over 21,000 employees due to the emergence of AI technology and austerity policies. In July, Meta launched a new version of its open-source AI model called 'LLaMA 2' for commercial use, distributed by Microsoft through the Azure cloud service and available on the Windows platform.