Pi, WhatsApp’s artificial intelligence: what it is and how it works
The virtual assistant arrives to compete with Light AI
Artificial intelligence has given rise to various tools, highlighting chatbots in their essential role in interacting with users. In this context, WhatsApp, the world’s largest messaging app, has implemented several chatbots that act as virtual assistants, responding and engaging in interactions with users.
One of these AIs is Pi, created by the company Inflection AI.
Pi aims to be a personal assistance tool for users by enabling natural interaction with humans. The San Francisco, USA-based company was founded in 2022, by Mustafa Suleyman, Reid Hoffman and Karén Simonyan.
For the development of Pi, the company employed advanced Machine Learning technologies based on open data and public information sources. In addition, the company says it ensures the privacy and security of user information through security practices and regulations.
Although Pi is like LuzIA, the bot stresses that it does not consider itself to be competing with other AIs in the market. Inflection has a different vision and goals for Pi’s development as an AI. The difference lies in the fact that it can help people complete tasks, solve problems and make decisions.
How to start talking to Pi
To use Pi, the personal AI, users have the following options:
– Access Pi via the web at heypi.com.
– Download the iOS app “Pi, your personal AI”.
– Interact with Pi via WhatsApp and SMS by sending a message to +1 (314) 333-1111.
– Find Pi on Facebook Messenger with the user m.me/heypi.com.
– Follow Pi on Instagram with the user @heypi.ai.
– Connect with Pi on Twitter with user @heypi_ai.
Pi features
Answer questions and provide information: when asked “What is gravity?”, it responds with a description of the force that acts on any body with mass, pulling it toward the center of the Earth.
Solve problems: shows skills in addressing complex situations, such as when someone mentions having trouble sleeping, Pi asks questions to get more information about the issue and offer possible solutions.
Giving recommendations: When someone searches for information, such as an Italian restaurant in Paris, it delivers a list of options with reviews and prices, tailored to the user’s budget and tastes.
Perform analysis: This AI has the ability to analyze situations, such as when someone mentions having difficulties in their relationship. The bot asks questions to understand the reasons behind those difficulties and provides recommendations.
Planning: it can help plan activities and events, such as when someone wants to organize a trip to New York in June. It provides information about the weather, suggestions about hotels, restaurants and activities, and offers useful travel tips.
Continuous learning: to improve its functions, Pi relies on two fundamental pillars: machine learning and human feedback.
Machine learning involves analyzing interactions with humans and learning from errors to improve its system. Feedback, meanwhile, provides valuable information on how it can improve, such as when it is told that its response on severity was not complete. In those cases, Pi adjusts its response to include more information and be more accurate, demonstrating its ability to improve as it interacts with users.
Another function is to provide fun and entertainment. The tool is trained to tell jokes, play games, tell stories, perform creativity exercises and much more, thus providing a playful and enjoyable experience for users.
Like all AI technologies, it can also make mistakes. Although it is designed to continuously learn and improve from its interactions with humans, there are situations where it can provide incorrect or inaccurate answers, which could be linked to information that has not been updated.