
TikTok, of course, powers its viral For You algorithm with artificial intelligence. Salespeople at Meta have reportedly stopped pitching the metaverse and are instead brandishing the company’s AI-powered ad tools, according to the Information. The announcement comes as social media companies make a mad dash into AI. “This technology is actually generating something totally new, not reusing or copying.” “We could be one of the best way–if not the best way–to communicate with AI,” Spiegel later remarked in a fireside conversation with tech journalist Kara Swisher, where he mentioned, among things, that he uses My AI for story-time with his children.

The implication is that it won’t write essays or answer sexually explicit questions, especially important as 90% of Americans age 13 to 24 are Snapchat users. This is because the bot is designed to adhere to Snapchat’s trust and safety guidelines, as reported by the Verge.


Because My AI is powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the time of launch, the bot existed as a more restricted version of ChatGPT. In February, Snap first made My AI available to subscribers of Snapchat Plus, the company’s premium offering, which costs $3.99 per month.
