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Meta recently introduced several AI features and capabilities to its apps. This isn’t limited to experimenting with AI-generated characters with unique profiles and personalities before scrapping them after they were deemed creepy and unnecessary. However, the need to introduce AI comments on Instagram seems to exist.
In essence, Meta wants to use AI to facilitate interactions between friends by helping them write comments on Instagram. User Jonah Manzano, who often tests new social media features, recently indicated that there would be an introduction of Meta AI on Instagram, allowing people to get AI-generated suggestions for commenting on users’ posts.
Users who have access to the test feature will see a pencil icon next to the text bar under a post that they can tap to start accessing Meta AI, according to a video posted by Manzano. Meta AI will analyze the photo from there before generating three comment suggestions.
For instance, if the photo you want to leave a comment on is about someone smiling with a thumbs-up in their living room, Meta AI suggests that users comment, “Cute living room setup,” “Love the cozy atmosphere,” or “Great photo shoot location.” Users who don’t like the first three AI comments on Instagram can refresh to get more suggestions.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed that they regularly test more features for you to use Meta AI across our apps. “Outside of DMs, you will find Meta AI for you in areas like comments, feeds, groups, and search to make your experiences more fun and useful,” he added.
Meta did not provide any details of the test feature’s availability, but the company noted it tested AI-generated comments on Facebook last year.
The new feature would likely be unwelcome for users who would rather avoid using AI comments on Instagram, especially those who believe their friends deserve genuine remarks instead of AI slop. Many users yearn for the days when Instagram was more authentic, and there wasn’t as much pressure to perform, so adding AI comments could be deemed inauthentic and unnecessary.
As with any test feature, it’s unknown when or if Meta plans to roll out the feature more widely.
It’s worth noting that Meta has experimented with leveraging AI in comments in different ways, as the company was spotted testing AI-generated comment summaries on Facebook last year.
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