WhatsApp’s AI-Powered Personalized Image Feature: A Closer Look

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Meta, is currently working on a new AI-powered feature that will allow users to create personalized images of themselves using their own photos. The feature, which is still in development, will use AI algorithms to analyze a set of user photos and generate new images based on those photos.

Last May, WhatsApp began testing a tool that let users create personalized profile images from text descriptions, similar to other generative AI tools. Now, the company is working on a feature that will use AI to generate personalized images of users from their own photos.

The beta version of WhatsApp for Android 2.24.14.13 includes the feature ‘AI-generated images for you’, which allows users to select a set of their photos and have them analyzed by Meta AI in order to generate new personalized images based on those photos. Users will need to take “setup photos” of themselves for the AI to analyze and generate new images based on those photos.

Users can simply type ‘Imagine me’ in the Meta AI assistant’s conversation to start generating personalized AI images based on their photos and text descriptions. This feature is still under development and will be available in a future update, but it will be optional and can be disabled in the app’s settings.

Meta AI is currently only available in a few countries and is still awaiting implementation in Europe due to regulatory issues. However, this new AI feature on WhatsApp aims to give users a more personalized and interactive experience on the platform.

In addition to this feature, Meta has also been working on various generative AI tools and features for its platforms such as the chatbot-like assistant Meta AI powered by Llama 3 language model.

Overall, these developments show how technology companies are constantly exploring ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into our daily lives and make them more efficient and interactive.