Sep 28, 2023 11:37:00

Meta announces chatbot AI 'Meta AI' based on Llama 2, can be accessed from smartphones, Quest 3, smart sunglasses and can generate images

In the keynote speech at Meta's new product announcement event '

Meta Connect 2023 ' to be held on September 27th and 28th, 2023, he will introduce the AI conversation assistant ' Meta ' based on the large-scale language model ' Llama 2 ' developed by Meta. AI ” was announced. Meta AI can be used on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, as well as Meta Quest 3 and smart glasses Ray-Ban Meta announced on the same day.

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Meta AI is a chatbot AI assistant for accessing various information based on conversations, and is compatible with Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Meta AI is based on the large-scale language model Llama 2, and it also has access to Microsoft's Bing search. Therefore, if you ask Meta AI in conversation about something you don't understand, it will return search results on Bing.

It will also be accessible on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses jointly developed with Ray-Ban, which were announced on the same day, and the MR headset Meta Quest 3.

Meta AI integrates the image generation model

Emu . Therefore, by using the prompt '/imagine' and entering the conditions of the picture you want to generate, it will generate any image you want. This image generation function can be used completely free of charge.

It also has a function that uses AI to automatically generate stickers that can be used on Messenger.

Instagram will add 'Restyle', which uses AI to reprocess posted photos.

In addition, functions such as ``Backdrop'', which allows you to cut out the background and overlap it with an automatically generated image, will be added.

Additionally, Meta announced that it will use AI to create 28 types of social characters that will serve as conversation partners. The visual models for the characters are celebrities such as Naomi Osaka,

Paris Hilton , and Snoop Dogg .

Each character has a specific genre that they are good at. For example, 'Tamika', modeled after Naomi Osaka, is said to be good at topics related to manga. Renowned chef

Roy Choi specializes in culinary conversations. Furthermore, Snoop Dogg is a dungeon master, and you can have adventures by talking to him like in a tabletop RPG.

During the keynote speech, CEO Zuckerberg was shown speaking to Snoop Dogg, who was dressed as a dungeon master.

It was previously reported that this character-specific AI would be announced at Meta Connect 2023.

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