To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (3715 ) 6/9/2023 9:48:52 AM From: Glenn Petersen Respond to Meta plans to put AI everywhere on its platforms Ina Fried , author of Axios Login Why it matters: Facebook's parent company has been at the forefront of generative AI research, but has been somewhat slow to put those technologies into its products.Details : At an all-hands meeting with workers on Thursday, Zuckerberg announced a range of technologies at various stages of development, with some for internal use but many designed directly for consumers.Between the lines: Zuckerberg is pitching this as an expansion of its metaverse efforts rather than a replacement for Meta's focus there. Meta reorganized its AI efforts in February with an aim of getting more of the technology into products.The big picture: While Meta has been cautious in how it releases generative AI tools into its products, others have jumped in head first.Office , Windows and Bing .Snap AI chatbot , while everyone from Adobe to Salesforce have launched various features that merge generative AI into their core business.What they're saying: "In the last year, we've seen some really incredible breakthroughs -- qualitative breakthroughs -- on generative AI and that gives us the opportunity to now go take that technology, push it forward, and build it into every single one of our products," Zuckerberg said in a statement to Axios.Update : Per The Verge , Zuckerberg also told employees he was not too worried by Apple's new Vision Pro headset, pointing to the lower cost of Meta's devices, including the Quest 3 headset due out later this year for $499.Meta announces AI plans in company wide meeting (axios.com)
