Instagram may be developing customisable 'AI friend' feature

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San Francisco, November 2. Meta-owned Instagram might be developing an 'AI friend' feature that will let users create a friend as per their liking...

According to screenshots shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi on X, users will be able to communicate with the AI in order to "answer questions, talk through any challenges, brainstorm ideas, and much more"...

"#Instagram is working on the ability to create an #AI friend," he wrote..

Users can further personalise their AI companion by selecting interests, which will "inform its personality and the nature of its conversations," as per the screenshots..

They would then be brought to a chat box, where they could start speaking with the AI by clicking a button.Unreleased features may or may not be presented to the public, or the feature may be changed further during the development process...

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