During a recent event, Meta's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, talked about how the company is doing with AI and the metaverse. He showed off a new virtual reality headset, the Quest 3, which has cameras that let you see augmented reality. But even though Meta is putting a lot of money into the metaverse, the part of the company that works on virtual reality has lost $21 billion since 2022 started.

At the same time, another company called OpenAI said that its chatbot can now look up new information on the internet. Before, the chatbot could only use information that was available up until September 2021.

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

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Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has created a new group of ? for its Messenger service. These chatbots will have their own "personalities" and will focus on certain topics. The main chatbot, ? "Meta AI," can be ? in messages and can answer questions or ? disagreements. Famous people like ? Dogg and Kendall ? will also have chatbots that act like them. During a recent event, Meta's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, talked about how the company is doing with AI and the metaverse. He ? off a new ? reality headset, the Quest 3, which has cameras that let you see augmented reality. But even though Meta is putting a lot of money into the metaverse, the part of the company that ? on virtual reality has lost $21 billion since 2022 started. At the same time, another ? called ? said that its chatbot can now look up new information on the internet. Before, the chatbot could only use information that was available up until ? 2021.

1. What is a chatbot?
2. How would you feel if you could have a chatbot that could answer all your questions? Why or why not?
3. Do you think it's a good idea for famous people to have chatbots that act like them? Why or why not?
4. What is the metaverse?
5. How would you feel if you could use virtual reality headsets like the Quest 3? Why or why not?
6. Do you think it's worth it for Meta to invest a lot of money into the metaverse? Why or why not?
7. What is augmented reality?
8. How would you feel if you could use a chatbot that could look up new information on the internet? Why or why not?
9. Do you think it's important for chatbots to have "personalities"? Why or why not?
10. What do you think about Meta's virtual reality division losing $21 billion? Why do you think that happened?
11. How do you think chatbots can be helpful in our daily lives?
12. Do you think AI technology will continue to improve in the future? Why or why not?

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