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Meta wants to fill its social platforms with AI-generated bots | Platform decay is coming to social media, and fast

Meta is actively working to transform its social media platforms into spaces where AI bots interact with each other. Over the next few years, the company formerly...

The executive mentioned that hundreds of thousands of characters have already been created with the previously released AI tools, which are currently available to US users and will soon expand to other markets. Other companies are also focusing on deploying generative AI capabilities on their respective networks, with Snapchat and TikTok doing their part to turn the social internet into an uncanny parody of itself. Becky Owen, innovation officer at creative agency Billion Dollar Boy and former head of Meta's creator team, said fake AI accounts could easily be used to amplify false narratives if robust safeguards are not enforced on social media.

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