During a big meeting, Meta's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, talked about how the company is doing with AI and the metaverse. He talked about a new virtual reality headset, Quest 3, that can show augmented reality. But, even though Meta is putting a lot of money into the metaverse, the VR part of the company has lost $21 billion since 2022 started.

Original news source: Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality' (BBC)

– Charades
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– News Summary
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– Vocabulary Pictionary
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– Speed Summarizing
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs. Give each pair a copy of the article. Set a timer for a short amount of time (e.g. 2 minutes) and have the students take turns summarizing the article to their partner as quickly as possible. After the time is up, have them switch roles and summarize again. The pair that can summarize the article the fastest wins.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Ask the students to think about the following question: "What are some advantages and disadvantages of using chatbots with their own 'personalities'?" Give them a few minutes to think about their answers. Then, have them pair up with a partner and share their thoughts. After they have discussed, ask a few pairs to share their ideas with the whole class.

Meta, a big tech company, has ? new chatbots for its ? service. These chatbots will have their own "personality" and know a lot about specific things. The main chatbot, named "Meta AI," can be used for messaging and can ? ?. Famous people like Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner have agreed to give their personalities to different ?. During a big meeting, Meta's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, talked about how the company is doing with AI and the metaverse. He talked about a new virtual ? headset, ? 3, that can show augmented reality. But, even though Meta is putting a lot of money into the metaverse, the VR part of the company has ? $21 billion since 2022 started.

1. What is a chatbot?
2. How would you feel if you could talk to a chatbot that has a personality?
3. Do you like messaging with chatbots? Why or why not?
4. What is a virtual reality headset?
5. How would you feel if you could see augmented reality with a virtual reality headset?
6. Do you think it's important for companies to invest in virtual reality? Why or why not?
7. What do you think about Meta losing $21 billion?
8. How would you feel if you were a famous person and your personality was used for a chatbot?
9. Do you think chatbots are helpful? Why or why not?
10. What is the metaverse?
11. How would you feel if you could explore the metaverse?
12. Do you think the metaverse is the future? Why or why not?

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