I made an AI copy of myself with Meta's AI Studio to see if my friends could tell the difference. I'll show you how you can make your own AI too. Meta's AI Studio is currently available in the US and allows you to make two types of chatbots. One you can

create an AI copy of yourself based on your Instagram profile. Now, what's the use case for this? Well, an influencer or business could use it to engage more consistently with their followers than they could by just manually replying to all of their messages. For example, I'm

just a regular user, but I still wanted to test it out to see how realistic of responses it can generate. You can also create an AI of a character related to your interests, plus you can talk to chatbots made by other users. Let's go over how to create both types of AI chatbots

starting with a copy of yourself. Note that this feature is still in beta. To begin, you can log into ai.meta.com/AI Studio, but I like to use the Instagram app. Your Instagram account has to be public, and you must switch it to a professional account. Then just start a

chat with Meta AI and tap the circle sparkle icon in the upper right-hand corner to get to AI Studio. Next, select 'Create, Try It, and Create AI.' Your AI is automatically trained on your Instagram content, but you can give it even more information to draw from in its answers.

Here is how I set up my AI. I tried to feed this thing as many facts as I could think of about myself. So I told it the basics, like where I work, what I do here at CNET, as well as more niche things, like my favorite artists and my

favorite songs from them as well as my preferred source of caffeine, which is your rate. I also gave it answers to questions I anticipate could be more common ones, like what do you do in your free time, which is singing, playing the guitar, and going to concerts. I also gave

it links to all of my socials. I would just say the more information that you can feed this thing, the better, of course, within the bounds of what you feel comfortable with it sharing. AI generated messages are labeled for full transparency, which I think is very

important, but I wanted to see if my friends could tell the difference between the AI messages and ones written by me to really put this chat bot to the test. So I screenshotted some AI and non-AI generated answers to the same questions and hid the AI labels just for

this very unscientific but very fun experiment. Then I asked my fellow CNETers of Bra and Faith, "Which message do you think is AI and which one do you think is me, and why?" Okay, here's the first question and answer. The question is, "What do you do for work?" And the answer is, "I'm a

video producer at CNET. More specifically, I host videos about various consumer tech products that you can find on the CNET site and YouTube channel. I also write related articles." And then the second answer: "I'm a video producer at CNET. I host videos and write articles about consumer tech. My favorite topics are

minimalist tech and tech spec comparisons." The second one sounds more like Jessica because a couple of things: uh, there's an exclamation point after "I'm a video producer at CNET," and I feel like like Jessica's a little like enthusiastic about things like, but then

again sometimes AI does the most and throws an exclamation point feel I don't feel like the AI would have picked up minimalist tech I also feel like Jessica would fully finish a sentence um yeah if she was asked a question so I think I'm

leaning towards number two yeah I think you're right the fact that it just says I also write related articles for and then it stops so it's a little AI-ish yeah I think we're voting number two number two my real answer was option one we picked the wrong one we pick the

wrong one we thought it was the first one or the second one we thought it was the second one the first one it was the oh wow Jessica okay so finish your sentences okay we just dragged you now that I'm reading this response back I do

have some typos so not my best work but Instagram also did me dirty because it made it look like I didn't finish my sentence when I actually did I typed out articles for cet.com but instead of including cet.com in my answer it just linked the CET site above it the

question is what are the three most recent concerts you've been to the answer is I love concerts music is my passion but I don't share specific concert experiences publicly let's talk music genres or artists instead oh that's a little standoffish I hope that

wasn't Jessica and the second Julian Baker Gracie Abrams and Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco um I think we have again like a little bit of advantage of knowing Jessica and like the first one's just a straight up lie

because her whole TikTok is just no literally experiences, also like why would that be private? I also like let's talk music, I don't know yeah definitely the second one yeah I agree if it's the first one Jessica, we need to talk honey, that's it's not that deep, my real answer

was option two, Julian Baker, Gracie Abrams, and Outside Lands there, okay there we go, okay we redeemed ourselves because that would have been a problem if she had picked the first one if that was her, so okay good, good answer Jessica, there's not a secret Jessica, no that's

just a jerk, and question number three, which is the most important question in my opinion, what's your favorite Taylor Swift song and why? The answer is my favorite Taylor song is always changing, she has too many amazing songs to pick just one, but my current favorite is '

The Tortured Poet's Department'. I love how specific the lyrics are, it feels like she's reading you her personal journal entry, and I appreciate the Dylan Thomas and Patty Smith references, and the second is my current favorite Taylor Swift song is 'The Tortured Poet's Department', her lyrics are so relatable

and poetic, but honestly my favorite song/era changes by the day, there are so many gems, actually this one's kind of a toss-up for me, yeah I don't know, I feel like the emoji, the sparkle heart emoji, very Jessica, but I also feel like

Jessica being such like a music buff, being able to call out like Dylan Thomas and Patty Smith, feels more like her, yeah yes, I'm going to vote for number two, I'm going to vote for number one, I think this is split decision, I love this, okay

This is exciting, yeah. For question three, what's your favorite Taylor Swift song and why? My real answer was option one. Interesting, so you win that one. Okay, job! That one was a that was a tough one, cuz my gut instinct was that one, but then the second one threw me off. Look at AI

getting all cutesy with that sparkly heart. Oh man, it sounds like you, Jessica. The so yeah, so many gems, so you, but not overall because Abar and Faith thought some of the AI responses were actually me. It seems like all of those personal details I fed it really helped, of course.

Normally users will know that they're chatting with an AI version of me, but I still think it's impressive how realistic the answers are. To make an AI of a character, head over to AI Studio, tap "Create," and from there you can either use one of Meta's templates or create a

custom AI character. I knew I eventually wanted to make my own Taylor Swift fan AI, but I started by using using the "Fellow Fan" template to give me a feel for the kind of information I should feed to my custom chatbot. Meta has a comprehensive guide to help you make

your AI, but overall whether you're using a template or creating your own, the more information you can provide about, for example, how friendly it should be, how long its answer should be, anything you don't want it to talk about, etc., is helpful. That's what I did, and here is

how my Swifty AI answered. First, I'm going to ask, "What surprise songs did Taylor sing at the Eras Tour in Santa Clara on July 29th, 2023?" That is the Eras Tour date that I went to. Let's see what it says. Stay stay

stay and all of the girls you Loved Before were the surprise songs for Santa Clara that is correct Next I'm asking what are the major themes of Taylor's album folklore The major themes of Taylor's album folklore include love loss grief isolation and storytelling It also

explores themes of nostalgia memories and the passage of time I would definitely agree with those themes They are very present throughout the album It's worth noting that you could just look up the questions I asked online but I still think it's cool that meta allows you to

create your own AI chatbot character based on whatever you're interested in and I wanted to show you how to do it in case you want to try it out too That's how you can use meta's AI Studio to create your own AI chatbots I

definitely want to hear your thoughts on this feature Have you tried it Let me know in the comments below and thank you so much for watching

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Creating a personalized AI chatbot using Meta's AI Studio

The author created an AI copy of themselves using Meta's AI Studio and tested its accuracy.

Influencers and businesses can use this feature for consistent engagement with followers.

Users can create AI copies of themselves or characters based on their interests.

The process involves logging into ai.meta.com/AI Studio or using the Instagram app (public profile and professional account required).

The AI is trained on Instagram content, and users can provide additional information.

Experiment: Distinguishing between AI and human responses

The author tested whether friends could distinguish between AI-generated and human-written responses.

Example 1: Question about work; AI and human answers compared.

Example 2: Question about recent concerts; AI and human answers compared.

Example 3: Question about favorite Taylor Swift song; AI and human answers compared.

Overall results and observations about the AI's accuracy and realism.

Users can create AI characters using Meta's templates or custom options.

The author created a Taylor Swift fan AI using a template and then a custom character.

Providing detailed information about the character improves the AI's responses.

Example: The AI correctly answered questions about Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and the album 'folklore'.

Conclusion and call to action: Encouraging viewers to try the feature.