Meta-owned WhatsApp has started checking out a new AI-generated stickers feature. WABetaInfo reports that some testers in the Android WhatsApp beta application have spotted the new AI-powered stickers, permitting its users to generate a decal based on a textual content description.
Android Police factors out that it’s no longer clear which generative AI mannequin has been picked for this feature, as WABetaInfo’s report solely notes that the stickers are generated using “a secure technological know-how offered through Meta.”
The feature looks like it will work in a similar way to how Midjoureny or OpenAI’s DALL-E fashions generate photographs primarily based on textual content alone. It appears you’ll be able to use this WhatsApp feature to create a simple and personalized picture that can be shared as a sticker with WhatsApp friends or groups.
With any generative AI model, there will be worries over what photographs and stickers ought to be generated and shared without problems on WhatsApp, mainly as WhatsApp has formerly had to vicinity limits on the forwarding of viral messages in the past after the unfold of deceptive photos all through elections, mob attacks and killings in India, and misinformation related to covid-19. WhatsApp has the capacity to report any inappropriate or dangerous stickers, but it’s no longer clear what extra protections are in the area on the AI model side here.
WABetaInfo says stickers that are generated using this new AI-powered feature are “easily recognizable,” which suggests there could also be some structure of watermark or indication that these stickers have been created using generative AI models. Microsoft makes use of OpenAI’s DALL-E model to enable Bing Chat customers to create images, however, the employer places a clear Bing label on images. Instagram is also reportedly working on labels that would pick out when AI models have been used to create content.
