Meta Trains AI Avatar Using Mark Zuckerberg's Image, Voice and Mannerisms

Meta Develops AI Avatar of CEO Meta is training an AI avatar on Mark Zuckerberg's image and voice, along with his mannerisms, tone and public statements, The Verge reported, citing Financial Times sources.

The AI avatar is intended so that employees might feel more connected to Mark Zuckerberg through interactions with it. Mark Zuckerberg is involved in training the AI avatar. In March, a report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that Mark Zuckerberg is creating an AI agent of himself to help him complete tasks, separate from Meta's work to create an AI avatar of its CEO.

Zuckerberg Increases Involvement in AI Projects Mark Zuckerberg has started spending five to 10 hours per week coding on Meta's other AI projects and participating in technical reviews, according to the Financial Times.

This effort supports broader AI development at the company. The training of the AI avatar aligns with Zuckerberg's growing technical engagement.

Meta's Prior AI Demonstrations and Features In 2024, Meta showed off a live demo of what an AI persona of a creator might look like.

Meta started allowing creators to make AI versions of themselves to interact with followers' comments on Instagram. Users on Meta can create custom, AI-generated chatbots. Meta began blocking teens from the AI chatbot creation experience earlier this year.