Limited testing of the feature is currently underway in select countries for users who have set English as their WhatsApp language.
  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    I am so very tired of every company nonsensically shoehorning “AI” into their software to appease shareholders and investors. Discord shut down their AI chatbot in less than a year – take notes from that.

    • nicoag@lemmy.ml
      18·
      2 months ago

      It also attracts users. Using fad “tech” terminology makes them feel superior than the rest. They think “Oh I’m a tech expert because I use an AI toaster”.

      Another good example are “gaming” web browsers. Some people actually think they’re better (beyond the looks).

      This is a basic marketing strategy. It actually works (just for selling nonsense, of course).

      • LostXOR@fedia.io
        12·
        2 months ago

        Pretty much every web browser except Firefox is just Chromium with some extra crap slapped on it, they’re all functionally the same.

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
          10·
          2 months ago

          And Safari. But that’s hardware locked, so it’s not really better - it’s just not based on Chromium.

          • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
            3·
            2 months ago

            Safari is the best browser if you’re running Mac hardware on battery and care about power usage.

            It’s just in another League when it comes to optimisation

          • Willdrick@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            If you’re on Linux, gnome-web uses the same engine as safari. And it’s a mess

            Safari is the new ie6

            Edit: also blink (used by anything chromium) is based off WebKit (safari)

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m tired of them creating popular services and then just shitting all over them, cramming in whatever is the new hot thing instead of just letting them be.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 months ago

    I don’t mind this at all. My friends already are not interested in anything I say so I might aswell chat with the AI like I already do with chatGPT.

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
    2·
    2 months ago

    I think this is a easier way to interact with a chatbot than installing an extra app which behaves differently, etc. There are so many features I don’t use in software but others do, so why not.

    Actually this makes me think if I could use facebooks llama via matrix on element, instead needing to run it on the command line.