Snapchat customers reported app points Tuesday night time and have been stunned to see the AI chatbot put up its first Story.
The photo-sharing social media platform rolled out its experimental AI chatbot earlier this 12 months. The bot, referred to as My AI, is customizable and meant to reply to customers’ messages like a pal. A be aware on the app additionally says My AI makes use of data shared by customers to “enhance Snap’s merchandise and to personalize your expertise, together with advertisements.”
Customers took to different social media platforms, like X, previously generally known as Twitter, Tuesday to share screenshots of what gave the impression to be the chatbot’s first put up on its Snapchat Story. My AI’s Story appeared to be a one-second video of what seemed like a wall assembly a ceiling, in keeping with customers’ recorded movies and screenshots.
Snapchat AI posts a Story
Customers reacted to My AI’s Story on X.
“My AI on Snapchat simply posted a narrative of a ceiling. And now I’m pondering killer robots have invaded my residence,” one individual posted.
“So my AI on Snapchat posted a snap story and it freaked me out so I deleted the app,” one other wrote.
Some customers additionally mentioned the chatbot was malfunctioning Tuesday. Slightly than responding to messages, My AI advised some it had “encountered a technical difficulty” or was “busy.”
Others obtained by to the chatbot and requested about its Story put up, receiving blended solutions.
One individual shared screenshots of their messages with My AI, wherein it mentioned it obtained the video utilized in its Story from the web. The chatbot advised one other person it had acquired the Story put up from another person. The bot advised one other person the Story was an image of its canine. Different customers posted screenshots the place My AI denied posting the Story in any respect.
Utilizing Snapchat, The Enquirer requested My AI in regards to the put up, which the chatbot mentioned featured its “pal’s wall.”
“We have been hanging out and determined to take an image collectively,” My AI replied.
On X and TikTok, some Snapchat customers claimed My AI’s Story put up was truly a video of their wall, which the chatbot recorded and reposted with out their permission.
A Snapchat spokesperson confirmed to The Enquirer over electronic mail that My AI skilled a short lived outage that has since been resolved.
