WhatsApp plans to go further in integrating AI into the app's user experience. Meta is currently preparing a feature that allows users to create chatbots that can communicate with them, or chat with their contacts on their behalf.
Our colleagues at WABetaInfo reports the arrival of a major new feature in WhatsApp. At least according to the latest Android beta version that Meta has just released for its community of testers (WhatsApp beta 2.25.18.4). Some of these users have noticed the appearance of a new screen called “AI Studio” – which allows them to create customizable AI chatbots.
Users can use these AIs to converse directly and learn new things or explore their passions. But it is also possible to freely customize the experience on several levels: personality, tone, appearance, and purpose. But also their name, avatar, and more. The idea seems to be to be able to tailor the interaction quite deeply, to create a kind of AI agent with ultimately relatively few limits on what the user wants to do with it.
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Above all, it is possible to share this AI with your contacts and make it public so that more people can use it. In AI Studio, WhatsApp offers models that users can optionally use as a starting point. These are themselves generated based on the initial details that the user defines in a prompt. This greatly accelerates the creation of the ideal chatbot.
Since the application then automatically fills in the necessary parameters. And so, once everything is configured, you have the option to make this AI public or not and to share the link. The latter can also be shared outside of WhatsApp, for example on Instagram or Facebook. It's easy to imagine this type of AI finding its use in group conversations.
For example, to recall the details of a trip or an event you're attending with several people. We assume, however, that the company has taken steps to prevent its agents from being misused for scams. For now, this new feature is still in beta – so we'll have to be a little patient before seeing AI chatbots arrive for everyone, probably within a few weeks.
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