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Meta AI is automatically embedded in your Facebook and Instagram search bars

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Instagram users have been forced to tap and imagine with A.I. prompts on the photo app’s DMs.

The primary means by which Meta has encouraged adoption of its AI can be generously described as digital force-feeding.

There are rollouts going on for A.-suggested comments, image and video editing, and even a “task assignment” option in DMs..

Meta is pouring billions upon billions of dollars into its A.I. operations.

While it’s still a wildly valuable company, it can’t afford another metaverse-style implosion.

Zuckerberg knows this and, in classic fashion, appears to be fudging the A.- usage metrics a bit.

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