Facebook's New Virtual Assistant Helps Users With Various Tasks Based on Messenger Conversations

'M' is more like Allo than Siri

Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant, Samsung’s Bixby, Microsoft’s Cortana—it seems like every platform has its own AI assistant, and now Facebook is finally rolling out its own. And while the social network has been teasing its virtual assistant for a while now, it’s finally bringing M to the masses via Facebook Messenger.

M is certainly no Jarvis, Mark Zuckerberg’s own home AI with Morgan Freeman’s voice. But it does use machine learning to help with tasks like paying or requesting money, sharing locations, hailing rides or making plans with friends by suggesting actions based on what users type.

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