![]() ![]() Many of the tools being developed by Meta will be built around open-source models, which allow users to build their own artificial intelligence-powered chatbots and other technology – a decision critics and competitors have criticized as opening up the tools to be used to spread misinformation and hate speech at a larger scale. In addition to the consumer-facing tools, executives at the meeting also announced a productivity assistant for employees called Metamate that could answer queries and perform tasks based on information gleaned from internal company systems. Zuckerberg told employees at the session on Thursday that advancements in generative AI in the last year had now made it possible for the company to build the technology “into every single one of our products”. The company has been reorganizing its AI divisions and spending heavily to whip its infrastructure into shape, after determining early last year that it lacked the hardware and software capacity to support its AI product needs. “It’s difficult to see Meta’s predicament as anything other than a desperate scramble to catch up with its rivals on a number of fronts,” said Paul Barrett, the deputy director of New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. Meta has yet to roll out any consumer-facing generative AI products, although it announced last month that it was working with a small group of advertisers to test tools that use AI to generate image backgrounds and variations of written copy for its ad campaigns. While Meta has continued to struggle, devoting more than $10bn a year to develop the metaverse, its competitors including Google, Microsoft and Snapchat have garnered a flurry of investor attention after announcing launches of generative AI products – leaving the company to play catch-up. ![]()
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