With Google Now, Siri and Cortana leading the way for virtual personal assistants, it looks like Facebook wants to join in on the fun as well. Announced earlier today, Facebook M is a “personal digital assistant” which is wholly contained within the Facebook Messenger app. From the looks of it, you talk to M like you would a normal person in Messenger and it responds depending on what your request is. The neat feature in Facebook M is that it not only answers questions, but completes tasks on your behalf as well. In the words of Facebook VP of messaging products, David Marcus:
“Unlike other AI-based services in the market, M can actually complete tasks on your behalf. It can purchase items, get gifts delivered to your loved ones, book restaurants, travel arrangements, appointments and way more.”
Facebook M is apparently being tested by a handful of people in San Francisco at the moment, though the intention is for it to be rolled out to everyone – whether everyone is just the US or globally remains to be seen. Facebook M is definitely an interesting concept, and we hope we get to see more of it over the next few months.
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Source: Facebook via Droid-life
