Meta’s plans generative AI stickers in Messenger as a part of greater AI push

Meta is bringing AI-generated stickers to Messenger as a part of a slew of associated options it’s engaged on for its social apps.

Throughout a companywide assembly as we speak that The Verge listened to, Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta’s vice chairman of AI, advised workers that the corporate will leverage its picture era mannequin to let customers create stickers primarily based on textual content prompts. Workers will start testing the characteristic internally earlier than it’s made accessible to the general public.

“With AI-generated stickers, our customers can have infinitely extra choices for self-expression, cultural representations, and even development relevance,” Al-Dahle says. “After all, stickers are simply the tip of the iceberg.”