> Quote from CEO: “The big idea is that in addition to talking to our friends and family every day, we’re going to talk to AI every day,” he says. “And this is something we’re well positioned to do as a messaging service.”
> At launch, My AI is essentially just a fast mobile-friendly version of ChatGPT inside Snapchat.
> It has also been stripped of functionality that has already gotten ChatGPT banned in some schools; I tried getting it to write academic essays about various topics, for example, and it politely declined.
> While ChatGPT has quickly become a productivity tool, Snap’s implementation treats generative AI more like a persona. My AI’s profile page looks like any other Snapchat user’s profile, albeit with its own alien Bitmoji. The design suggests that My AI is meant to be another friend inside of Snapchat for you to hang out with, not a search engine.
How does any of these help users to “connect” to one another? What a desperate cash grab
I wonder if they’re looking forward to the publicity bump when users inevitably trick it into saying crazy things
> Quote from CEO: “The big idea is that in addition to talking to our friends and family every day, we’re going to talk to AI every day,” he says. “And this is something we’re well positioned to do as a messaging service.”
> At launch, My AI is essentially just a fast mobile-friendly version of ChatGPT inside Snapchat.
> It has also been stripped of functionality that has already gotten ChatGPT banned in some schools; I tried getting it to write academic essays about various topics, for example, and it politely declined.
> While ChatGPT has quickly become a productivity tool, Snap’s implementation treats generative AI more like a persona. My AI’s profile page looks like any other Snapchat user’s profile, albeit with its own alien Bitmoji. The design suggests that My AI is meant to be another friend inside of Snapchat for you to hang out with, not a search engine.
How does any of these help users to “connect” to one another? What a desperate cash grab
I wonder if they’re looking forward to the publicity bump when users inevitably trick it into saying crazy things