Whatsapp appears to be working on a new generative artificial intelligence feature that should allow users to make their own personalized avatars that can be used in any imaginable environment. The feature in development was spotted in the new WhatsApp Beta on Android 2.24.14.7 Beta Information Western Australiaappears to generate images using a combination of user-supplied images, text prompts, and Meta’s AI Llama model.
A screenshot shared by WABetaInfo said users can imagine themselves in “any environment from a forest to outer space.” These look pretty typical for examples generated by an AI generator, especially if you’ve used apps like Lensa AI or Snapchat’s “Dream” selfie feature.
In order to create a personalized avatar, WhatsApp users need to “take a picture of themselves once,” which is then used to train Meta AI to generate images similar to the user in any environment. WhatsApp users can then generate their own avatar by typing “imagine me” and describe the settings in a Meta AI chat, or by typing “@Meta AI imagine me…” in other WhatsApp conversations.
According to reports, the feature is optional and requires users to manually enable it in WhatsApp settings in order to use it. Beta Information Western Australia It also means that the reference image can be deleted at any time through the Meta AI settings.
