Snapchat+ Subscribers Can Chat With an AI, But Don't Tell It Your Secrets
Snap today introduced a new experimental feature for Snapchat+ subscribers in the form of a chatbot called "My AI(Opens in a new window)."
The chatbot uses the same OpenAI GPT technology that underpins ChatGPT, and Snapchat+ users can take advantage of My AI to "recommend birthday gift ideas for your BFF, plan a hiking trip for a long weekend, suggest a recipe for dinner, or even write a haiku about cheese for your cheddar-obsessed pal."
Microsoft is facing some challenges integrating ChatGPT into Bing and Edge, which led to it being muzzled. Snap is keen to point out My AI is similarly far from perfect and makes it clear in the announcement that, "My AI is prone to hallucination and can be tricked into saying just about anything. Please be aware of its many deficiencies and sorry in advance! ... My AI is designed to avoid biased, incorrect, harmful, or misleading information, mistakes may occur."
Anyone deciding to interact with My AI should be aware that Snap is going to record and store every conversation held with their creation and review it in a bid to improve the chatbot. With that in mind, Snap advises users, "do not share any secrets with My AI and do not rely on it for advice." It's also possible to submit feedback directly to Snapchat by pressing and holding on any message received from the chatbot.
Snapchat is just the latest service to introduce artificial intelligence as a feature. Opera is integrating ChatGPT to power a "Shorten" button in its browser, Wix is using AI automatically write text for new websites, Meta has implemented an AI language model for researchers, and Microsoft is experimenting with an AI that plays Minecraft for you.
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