According to reports, CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered an update on his aim to construct an immersive metaverse, Meta Platforms introduced the company's first generative AI products for users, including a chatbot that can produce both text responses and photo-realistic visuals.

Earlier in the presentation, Zuckerberg states that the next Quest mixed-reality headset would be available on October 10.

Zuckerberg unveiled the company's first consumer-facing generative AI technologies, including a chatbot capable of generating text responses as well as photo-realistic visuals.

Zuckerberg says, “This isn't just going to be about answering queries. This is about entertainment and about helping you do things to connect with the people around you.”

Zuckerberg displayed images created by the image generator depicting a dinosaur as a home pet and modifying the style of his dog Beast's fur.

“A big part of this innovation is about making sure that these technologies are accessible to everyone, adding that making innovative new products that are affordable for everyone is really important,” adds Zuckerberg.

“Meta made the assistant, named Meta AI, using a custom model based on the powerful Llama 2 large language model that the company released for public commercial use in July. The chatbot will have access to real-time information via a partnership with Microsoft's Bing search engine,” says Zuckerberg.

The company is also developing a framework for developers and ordinary people to utilize to construct their own unique AI bots, which will have accounts on Instagram and Facebook and will eventually appear as avatars in the metaverse.