AI chatbots that can initiate conversations with users - impact on students?

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Meta to end loneliness with AI?

🚨 Our Report 

As part of an internal initiative—Project Omni—Meta has confirmed it’s developing customizable AI chatbots that can initiate conversations with users, remember what they’ve previously said, and proactively follow up with them.

🔓 Key Points

  • According to Meta, the proactive messages from these chatbots will keep users engaged, “provide value for users, and ultimately improve re-engagement and user retention” across Meta’s platforms.

  • As an example, a custom-built “movie” AI chatbot might message a user to ask if they want movie recommendations for their next movie night, or a chef chatbot might suggest a new recipe.

  • Note: These chatbots will just send follow-up messages or start conversations if the user has previously engaged with them, and they will not re-contact the user if they haven’t replied within 14 days.

🔐 Relevance 

The customizable chatbots (which are reportedly similar to those offered by Character AI and Replika) will “keep conversations goign” and are a step towards Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of curing the “loneliness epidemic” and can be built within Meta’s AI Studio—a no-code platform where users can develop personal chatbots that have bespoke personalities and memories.

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