Artificial intelligence that remembers interactions is an idea whose time has come. OpenAI is doing it, and soon WhatsApp will too. Not the Meta-owned messaging platform specifically, but the embedded Meta AI that we’re certain every one of the billions of users is availing themselves of. Right?
The feature turned up in a recent Android beta of the popular messaging app (version 2.25.11.13, specifically), after it was sighted in an earlier version of WhatsApp. It was sighted, in both instances, by WABetaInfo.
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Unlike ChatGPT’s overarching memory, Meta’s implementation will be more targeted. Rather than keeping a database of every interaction, users can instruct Meta AI to remember specific details. Once prompted, future conversations on WhatsApp will take what is ‘known’ into account when formulating responses.
For instance, a user could tell the chatbot that they are vegan. Future recommendations for places to eat or recipes would exclude the delicious carnivorous dishes that make life worth living (and keep your iron and protein levels up).
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Remembrance will be limited to what users explicitly share and, as seen in the second screen, those facts are also subject to user approval. Meta AI’s ‘memory bank’ can be edited to delete information if it remembers a fact incorrectly or circumstances change. It also acts as a handy space for seeing which instructions you’ve given to Meta AI over time.
While some WhatsApp beta users already have access to the feature, some non-beta customers might also have the ability to lodge facts in Meta AI’s brain. The feature is steadily rolling out, meaning that if you don’t have it yet, you probably will soon. Unless something catastrophic, like the Singularity, occurs between now and then.
