Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), detailed the company’s vision for AI development, hinting at a shift from chatbots to more advanced AI ‘agents.’
What Happened: Zuckerberg, during Meta’s first quarter 2024 earnings call, discussed the future of AI, emphasizing the transition from chatbots to AI agents. He explained that these agents would be capable of handling more complex tasks and goals, performing numerous queries to achieve the desired outcome.
“The next phase for a lot of these things are handling more complex tasks and becoming more like agents rather than just chatbots,” Zuckerberg said.
He also highlighted the potential for more sophisticated interactions, especially in business use cases, and the significant role these AI agents could play in guiding users through various processes.
“An agent is going to do is you give it an intent or a goal, then it goes ...