Meta Develops Advanced AI Assistant and Shopping Tool for Instagram

Meta Develops Advanced AI Assistant and Shopping Tool for Instagram

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Meta is developing a personalised AI assistant for its users. This advanced digital assistant will use its new Muse Spark AI model. The company is also working on an internal AI agent called Hatch. Meta plans to integrate a shopping tool into Instagram. This launch is targeted before the fourth quarter of this year.

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Meta is building a highly personalised artificial intelligence assistant to carry out everyday tasks for its billions of users, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, as the company faces investor scrutiny ‌over its escalating ⁠AI ⁠spending.Assembly Elections 2026Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Who's ahead in which stateWest Bengal Election Results 2026 Live UpdatesTN Election Result 2026 Live Updates

The social media giant is developing agentic tools, including an advanced ​digital assistant powered by its new Muse Spark AI model, the ​FT said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The assistant is being tested internally by a group of ​staff and the goal was to develop ⁠a product ‌similar to OpenClaw, according to the ​report.

OpenClaw, which is owned by OpenAI, can connect ⁠several hardware and software tools and learn from the data produced with much less human intervention than a chatbot.

Separately, The Information reported that Meta is training an internal AI agent codenamed "Hatch," inspired by OpenClaw, with the goal of completing internal testing by the end of June.

Meta plans to integrate ‌the separate agentic shopping tool into its Instagram service and is targeting a launch before the fourth quarter of this ⁠year, according to The Information.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The Facebook and Instagram parent ​raised its annual capital spending forecast late last month, signaling plans to pour billions more into AI infrastructure even as it confronts potential losses from a global youth backlash against social media.

This editorial summary reflects ET Tech and other public reporting on Meta Develops Advanced AI Assistant and Shopping Tool for Instagram.

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