Meta AI Chatbot and A.I. Jane Austen: Meta's Ambitious Push into the Metaverse

Meta has launched a series of celebrity chatbots, including ones based on Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, and Mr. Beast, which are available in beta on Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. These chatbots are built on the open-sourced machine-learning model called Llama, distinguishing Meta from competitors like Google and OpenAI. Meta has also made the tools used to build these chatbots available for users and businesses to create their own versions. However, Meta's open-source AI strategy has faced criticism from some who argue it violates AI risk-management frameworks. This is not Meta's first foray into AI assistants, as it previously introduced a virtual assistant named M in 2015, which was later shut down in 2018.