Facebook today confirmed previous speculation that it is developing a virtual assistant for Messenger with a code name Moneypenny, as it introduced a new assistant simply named "M," which is currently only offered to a handful of users who are testing it.
As explained in the official release, M He is not just an ordinary assistant, but tries to find the meaning of questions and commands. Facebook He even went so far as to hire several experts who "sit on the other side" and help carry out the user's commands when the assistant can't do it on its own.
Users will thus have the opportunity to chat with M as if they were communicating with a regular user on Messengeru. The answer to the user will even be supplemented with additional questions to make the conversation a little more varied than with a regular assistant. You won't know whether the answer will be from an expert on the other side or a computer, but it could happen that M it will create some privacy concerns as you don't want to entrust some sensitive information to a live person on the other side.
However, it is relatively well known that Facebook He doesn't take privacy very seriously and has been accused of not following the rules many times. On the other hand, M should have no access to yours at all Facebookaccount and should draw all knowledge about you only based on what you tell him during the conversation.
Facebook He also notes that, thanks to the partially human nature of the assistant, it will be M able to go as far as no other similar virtual assistant has ever gone. Just for example, it will help you choose a birthday gift for a family member just based on the information you share with them.
As mentioned above, it currently is M available only to a handful of users in the Bay Area. Facebook but hopes to expand to all users over time Messengerua believes that everyone will be excited about the assistant. But even so, it has M still has a long way to go, especially because the huge number of active users using the virtual assistant since Facebookcould cause big problems for the company, as the workers on the other side would not be able to handle such a heavy load.
*source: 9to5mac
