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Kevin Okemwa

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is developing AI friends to beat "the loneliness epidemic" — after Bill Gates claimed AI will replace humans for most things

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc.

Earlier this year, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that AI will replace humans for most things. And as it now seems, this might also include friends.

During a recent YouTube interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the company's broader AI vision, which may include AI friends. He presented a scenario where humans interact with chatbots at a social level, further indicating that this could pose a potential solution to "the loneliness epidemic."

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