TikTok tests AI chatbot ‘Tako’ in Philippines

Tako designed to help find ‘entertaining and inspiring content’

HONG KONG: Social media platform TikTok said on Thursday it is in the early stages of exploring a chatbot called “Tako” that can converse with users about short videos and help them discover content and is conducting tests with select users in the Philippines.

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft Corp, last year launched chatbot ChatGPT, offering arguably the most natural interaction to date. That triggered a race to develop features based on game-changing generative artificial intelligence (AI), including…