* Meta is training custom AI chatbots to send unprompted follow-up messages and boost user engagement.
* Contractors at Alignerr help develop bots that remember chats and personalize replies on Meta apps.
* Mark Zuckerberg has said AI companions are a potential fix for the “loneliness epidemic.”
* The Meta CEO has said the average American now has [fewer than three close friends](https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-chatbot-discover-feed-depressing-why-2025-6) and that digital agents could help fill the gap.
kevinlch on
last-ditch struggle of bot littered social media. just like how myspace ends
AgitatedBarracuda268 on
I have made a new frying pan, with this I will solve world hunger. Please buy it!
buffdeep on
The problem isn’t going to be for people who are aware that these are chatbots, it’s going to be the old people and literal children scrolling through metas version of short form video who I feel are most likely to be affected by this
drewbles82 on
this is exactly what dating sites and apps will want as well, they seem to support the fake profiles…wouldn’t be surprised if their the ones creating them
Fit_Earth_339 on
Shocked I am, that they haven’t done this sooner…..fuck him and meta.
Colhinchapelota on
Well the only chat I’ve had with meta in WhatsApp was to ask why is Zuckerberg evil and not human. It hasn’t spoken to me since.
DylanRahl on
Good luck with that on me, I don’t talk to anyone anyway 😂
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* Meta is training custom AI chatbots to send unprompted follow-up messages and boost user engagement.
* Contractors at Alignerr help develop bots that remember chats and personalize replies on Meta apps.
* Mark Zuckerberg has said AI companions are a potential fix for the “loneliness epidemic.”
* The Meta CEO has said the average American now has [fewer than three close friends](https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-chatbot-discover-feed-depressing-why-2025-6) and that digital agents could help fill the gap.
last-ditch struggle of bot littered social media. just like how myspace ends
I have made a new frying pan, with this I will solve world hunger. Please buy it!
The problem isn’t going to be for people who are aware that these are chatbots, it’s going to be the old people and literal children scrolling through metas version of short form video who I feel are most likely to be affected by this
this is exactly what dating sites and apps will want as well, they seem to support the fake profiles…wouldn’t be surprised if their the ones creating them
Shocked I am, that they haven’t done this sooner…..fuck him and meta.
Well the only chat I’ve had with meta in WhatsApp was to ask why is Zuckerberg evil and not human. It hasn’t spoken to me since.
Good luck with that on me, I don’t talk to anyone anyway 😂