A new report from The Verge indicates that social media mega app TikTok is testing a new chatbot to find content.
No company can stop itself from bringing an AI chatbot to its app… not even TikTok.
As reported by The Verge, the company is in the middle of testing a new AI chatbot called Tako. The chatbot, which would live above the profile icon on a video, would allow a user to ask it a range of questions.
According to the report, the chatbot will let users ask it questions but also suggest ones based on the context of the video they are watching when they start interacting with Tako.
Tako will display suggested prompts to help a user start a conversation with the bot. According to Buchuk, “If I’m watching food videos and ask for a recipe I’ll get related TikTok videos for the recipe, or if I ask for good art exhibitions in Paris it’ll show videos alongside a list of suggestions in the answer.
