WhatsApp, the global instant messaging app, has undergone several upgrades, including the change to its desgin and look and. As we move on the AI era, many companies start integrating AI with their platforms for better user experience. Meta, for examplehas introduced AI features on WhatsApp, such as sticker generation, allowing users to create stickers within chats. According to a report by WABetainfo, another AI update on Whatapp will allow users to generate AI profile photos using text promts.
WhatsApp AI Profile Generator
AI-powered profile photos feature is currently under development and may soon be available in future update. This is an AI features available in the profile chnaging option, allowing users to generate profile pictures based on their personality, interests, or mood more accurately than a standard photo. This will enable users to create to create custom photo for their profiles. As seen in a screenshot on the WABetaInfo site, users can “Describe an Image” they want using a text prompt.
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Privacy Implications
This feature could likely be part of Meta’s privacy enhancement initiative to protect users from misuse of profile pictures. Although, Meta has already rolled out updatepreventing users from taking screenshots of profile pictures, this new feature might offer an added layer of privacy, allowing users to generate the photos they want. Similar to the profile avatars, this could be an improved version of the avatar feature added the AI powered to get better profile photos.
Conclusion
This is a promising feature to enhance user experience related to profile pictures, allowing users to type a prompt and generate their profile pictures. However, this feature is currenltly under developement and may be available soon in future update for WhatApp. In India, even the WhatsApp AI-generated stickers feature is yet to be introduced by Meta. This feature lets users generate custom shareable stickers on WhatsApp using AI.
