Meta is including AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp

Meta introduced on Wednesday that it’s including an AI-powered summaries function to WhatsApp. The optionally available new function makes use of Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat.

This abstract would solely be seen to you, not others in your chat, the corporate notes.

The function builds on the AI expertise that Meta launched in April, which allowed the corporate to implement AI options that don’t influence encryption or person privateness.

“Message Summaries makes use of Non-public Processing expertise, which permits Meta AI to generate a response with out Meta or WhatsApp ever seeing your messages or the personal summaries. Nobody else within the chat can see that you just summarized unread messages both,” the corporate stated in a weblog publish.

Whereas the function is turned off by default, WhatsApp exhibits a bit icon to point that the function is obtainable for you.

Meta is initially rolling out the function within the U.S. with English language assist. It would attain extra international locations and languages later this 12 months.

Till now, customers might entry Meta AI inside the chat to ask normal questions or tag a message to offer the chatbot context. Nonetheless, Meta AI couldn’t learn your messages.

Meta stated that the brand new stack permits WhatsApp to entry context out of your chat privately to course of requests by its AI. This permits it to summarize messages or present writing ideas.

The brand new AI-powered options can be found underneath a brand new setting that may be accessed by way of Settings > Chats > Non-public Processing, which helps you to activate or off particular person capabilities.