What Are Facebook Users Who Are Testing M Asking For?

The few users with access to Facebook’s test of its M personal assistant for Messenger are not even scratching the surface of what it can do.

The few users with access to Facebook’s test of its M personal assistant for Messenger are not even scratching the surface of what it can do.

Vice president of messaging products David Marcus revealed the limited test of M in an August Facebook post, saying:

M is a personal digital assistant inside of Messenger that completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. It’s powered by artificial intelligence that’s trained and supervised by people.

Facebook told TechCrunch:

So far, most people are using M to pass off less than thrilling chores, get out of a bind or just extend their bandwidth when life gets truly busy.

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