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TL;DR
- WhatsApp beta version 2.24.14.20 has a new feature that allows users to share photos with Meta AI.
- The AI chatbot will analyze the uploaded images and provide information or context about the content.
- Users can request specific edits to their photos directly through Meta AI, although the extent of this functionality is still unknown.
As the battle for AI dominance heats up, Meta is adding a new trick to its AI chatbot, Meta AI, which is already part of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. While Meta AI already has impressive text capabilities, like answering questions, suggesting captions, and holding conversations, users currently cannot share or upload photos to the Meta AI chat.
WaBetaInfo has unveiled an exciting new feature in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.14.20. This feature will allow Meta AI to interact with photos shared by users, reply to photos, and even edit them.
As seen in the attached screenshot, WhatsApp is testing a new camera button in Meta AI chat, which is designed to work similarly to the camera button in regular chats. This addition will allow users to manually share photos with Meta AI, a feature that is currently not available.
With this new feature, users will be able to ask questions about their photos, likely allowing them to ask the AI to identify objects or locations or provide context about the content of the photo. Additionally, the screenshot suggests that Meta AI will also offer the ability to edit photos, allowing users to make changes to their images directly in the chat by sharing a prompt.
The exact scope of this image editing feature remains unclear, leaving us to wonder whether it will be limited to simple adjustments or whether it will pave the way for a powerful AI-driven photo editing suite. The possibilities are both exciting and intriguing, and this feature could certainly be a big hit, especially if it works as promised.
While this new image sharing feature means that Meta will analyze and scan the photos you upload, the screenshot includes a disclaimer stating that users will have the option to delete their photos whenever they want.
As of now, it seems like the feature is still in development, so it might be a while before we finally see it rolled out publicly. We also recently reported that WhatsApp is working on an “Imagine Me” feature that would allow Meta AI to generate AI avatars of you based on a set of your photos.
