Meta Tests AI-Generated Instagram Comments: A Step Toward Automated Interactions

Meta is experimenting with AI-generated comments on Instagram, allowing users to receive suggested replies.
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Meta Tests AI-Generated Instagram Comments: A Step Toward Automated Interactions
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated characters complete with unique profiles and personalities, before scraping them after they were deemed creepy and unnecessary. Image:Silas Stein/picture alliance / Getty Images In yet another move that may not be received well among users, Meta wants to use AI to facilitate interactions between friends by helping them write comments on Instagram. X user Jonah Manzano, who often tests new social media features, spotted a “Write with Meta AI” prompt on Instagram that allows people to get AI-generated suggestions for comments to users’ posts. Users who have access to the test feature will see a pencil icon next to the text bar under a post that they can tap to start accessing Meta AI, according to a video posted by Manzano. From there, Meta AI will analyze the photo before generating three suggestions for comments. For example, if the photo you want to leav…