Social media and technology platform Meta is introducing a new WhatsApp feature that will enable users to generate message summaries via artificial intelligence (AI).
Using Meta’s Private Processing Technology, which was unveiled in April, users can use AI to create conversation bullet points to extract the important information, in a manner that is secure and visible only to them, the company claims.
In a statement on their blog, Meta said, “We’ve all been there – rushing between meetings, catching up after a flight without Wi-Fi or simply having too many chats to catch up on. Sometimes, you just need to quickly catch up on your messages.
“That’s why we’re excited to introduce Message Summaries, a new option that uses Meta AI to privately and quickly summarise unread messages in a chat, so you can get an idea of what is happening, before reading the details in your unread messages.”
Meta also stated that to ensure user compatibility and privacy, Private Processing features, for example Message Summaries, can be disabled and are going to be turned off by default. The feature will initially be made available in English for users based in the US, with more countries and languages to be included later this year, the tech giant said.
Meta recently announced plans to introduce advertisements to WhatsApp in a global roll-out. However, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) told reporters that the company will be delaying the move in the EU until 2026.
The DPC commissioner Des Hogan further stated that Meta’s new for-profit advertising model will be discussed with data protection authorities from other regions.
As the AI race continues, Google also recently made a major announcement about innovations in the AI space, with the launch of open-source AI agent Gemini CLI.
Described by Google as “a fundamental upgrade to your command line experience”, Gemini CLI “brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal”, to be used for tasks such as coding, debugging and workflow management.
Source: Meta to introduce AI WhatsApp summaries
