Zuckerberg bets on personal AI agents: Meta plans to push billions of users into the era of intelligence. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the latest quarterly earnings call that within the next five years, billions of people will have AI agents that can understand personal goals and assist in completing tasks around the clock.

Zuckerberg bets on personal AI agents: Meta plans to push billions of users into the era of intelligent agents. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the latest quarterly earnings call that within the next five years, billions of people will have AI agents that can understand personal goals and assist in completing tasks around the clock. Meta is developing a layout around personal intelligence, instant messaging platforms and AI infrastructure, hoping to build AI agents into an important product and source of revenue growth in the next stage. Zuckerberg believes that in the future, people will use AI agents to handle complex matters such as finance, health, interpersonal relationships, and family management. He said that in an era when everyone needs to interact with multiple intelligent agents, the importance of instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp will further increase. Currently, WhatsApp has become the main entrance for users to use Meta AI services. Meta is not the only technology company betting on the direction of intelligent agents. Google is upgrading the search experience and making customized AI agents one of its core functions; Claude Code intelligent coding assistant owned by Anthropic is also growing rapidly due to its popularity among developers. Industry competition is shifting from traditional chatbots to AI Agent systems that can perform tasks and act on behalf of users. However, Meta’s large-scale AI investment has also caused investor concerns. Shares fell nearly 10% after the company announced its financial results. Its Reality Labs division lost approximately US$4.6 billion this quarter, and its cumulative losses since 2021 have reached approximately US$88 billion. Its main investment directions include AR glasses, VR headsets and related software ecosystems. At the same time, investment in Meta artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to increase. The company's free cash flow in this quarter was only US$784 million, a decrease of approximately 91% from US$8.55 billion in the same period last year. This week, Meta and BlackRock announced a partnership to invest approximately US$14 billion to build a data center in El Paso, Texas, to support future AI computing needs. Zuckerberg said that although there are opportunities to sell AI computing power, AI products and intelligent services still have higher profit potential than directly providing computing power. He predicts that personal AI agents will become a core product direction in the coming months and years. Currently, Meta’s enterprise-oriented AI agent has been launched globally on WhatsApp and Messenger and has been adopted by more than 1 million enterprises. But to achieve its goal of reaching billions of consumers, Meta still needs to prove that individual users are willing to rely on AI agents to complete daily tasks in the long term. As AI moves from “answering questions” to “active execution,” personal intelligence is becoming a new entry point for technology giants to compete for. via AI News (au