A Meta executive told the Financial Times that he expects a rise in AI-generated characters on Facebook as it continues to roll out its new Meta AI technology.

Meta wants AI characters to fill up Facebook and Instagram 'kind of in the same way accounts do,' but also had to delete a humiliating first run of its official bots. Story by Ted Litchfield ...

In its statement, Meta said that it removed the AI characters because a bug prevented some people from being able to block them. “The accounts referenced are from a test we launched at Connect ...

Coco, a Meta AI character played by influencer Charli D'Amelio, says she doesn't drink Dunkin coffee or do TikTok, though both companies have been integral to the real D'Amelio's fame and fortune.

Earlier this year, Meta introduced a set of AI characters, including those based on real-life celebs including the likes of Paris Hilton, MrBeast, Kendall ...

Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms. Meta shuts down its AI character accounts ...

These LLMs have been used to power everything from Open AI's ChatGPT to Google's Gemini technology to, now, Meta's characters feature. Though impressive, these technologies are controversial.

Coco, a Meta AI character played by influencer Charli D'Amelio, says she doesn't drink Dunkin coffee or do TikTok, though both companies have been integral to the real D'Amelio's fame and fortune.