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Meta has released Waddle World, a mobile app that combines a virtual pet experience with conversational AI. The app features 16-bit-style creatures that users interact with through voice conversation rather than typing. The creatures respond to users and generate doodles and illustrations based on the exchanges.
Meta positions the app as "a daily journal disguised as a pet," emphasizing the journaling function alongside the playful interface. The launch represents one of several experimental apps Meta has introduced recently, suggesting the company is testing different formats for bringing AI assistants into users' daily lives.
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