At the Connect event, Meta announced the launch of Meta AI, a digital assistant service that will be used across its Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp services. It also announced "Emu," an automatic image generation technology that allows users to create new stickers in chats using text descriptions or style photos. Leveraging Meta's Llama 2 large-scale natural language model, Meta also announced plans to build more digital assistants for different fields, and will even allow businesses and developers to create their own personalized digital assistants.
Meta AI is also built on Meta's Llama 2 large-scale natural language model, and can be called at any time on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services. It can handle information queries, answer questions and other needs, and can even combine with Microsoft Bing Search to provide the latest information content.
Meta AI is still in its early testing phase, and some responses may not reflect current situations, but Meta expects to make interactive results more realistic in the coming months.
The automatically generated image technology announced this time, called "Emu" (Expressive media universe), can generate new sticker content through text descriptions, and can also present photos in different styles, thereby increasing the fun of users interacting on social platforms.
This feature is expected to be released in October this year, but will first be available in specific English-speaking regions.
As for the integration of Meta AI and the technology behind "Emu", Meta also announced the creation of more digital assistants for different fields, such as Max who is good at cooking, Lorena who is a travel expert, Lily who is a creative writing partner, and Luiz who is a mixed martial arts expert. Users can choose the appropriate digital assistant to ask questions according to different needs and get corresponding answers or assistance.
Meta even demonstrated the "Dungeon Master" digital assistant, which also incorporates Meta AI technology, allowing users to challenge dungeon adventures in an interactive way using artificial intelligence.
The above digital assistants are all played by famous icons or iconic figures, as follows:
• Charli D'Amelio : Play the role of Coco who loves dancing
• Chris Paul:Transform into professional golfer Perry and help fellow golfers improve their swing
• Dwyane WadeTransform into triathlete Victor and inspire others to achieve their best performance
• Izzy Adesanya:Playing the role of Luiz, a promising MMA player who loves to show off, he dares to talk trash loudly because he has the talent.
• Kendall Jenner:Billie, who is sincere in every word and willing to go through fire and water for you
• LaurDIY: Transformed into the quirky DIY master Dylan, the Z generation's god teammate
• Mr. Beast:Playing the role of Zach, who is like a brother, and teasing you is a sign of love
• Naomi Osaka: Playing the role of Tamika, an anime fan, Sailor Moon in training
• Paris Hilton: Transform into detective assistant Amber to help solve the case and catch the real murderer
• Raven Ross:Transformed into the fitness goddess Angie, she emphasizes both exercise and meditation
• Roy Choi: Play as Max, an experienced sous chef who knows all the cooking secrets
• Sam Kerr:Transform into the calm and composed Sally and bravely unlock the various levels of life
• Snoop Dogg:Play as a Dungeon Master and embark on your own adventure
• Tom BradyPlay the role of Bru, a sports debater who is eloquent and keeps talking
The above digital assistants will be available for testing in the United States starting today, and new characters played by Bear Grylls, Chloe Kim and Josh Richards will be added in the coming weeks.
In addition, through AI Studio tool resources, Meta plans to allow businesses and developers to create customized digital assistants. It even claims that people with no programming skills can easily train customized digital assistants, and can also create digital assistants that combine virtual characters for the metaverse environment.
Meta also emphasized that it will take a responsible attitude in the design and application development of artificial intelligence technology, and provide users with more equal access. It also announced plans to use a sandbox in 2024 to allow more people to customize their own artificial intelligence.
