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.
TikTok said Tako is designed to help users discover"entertaining and inspiring content" on the app. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic /Illustration /File Photo
Screenshots and video Watchful shared with Reuters showed the chatbot featuring prominently on TikTok's interface as a ghost-shaped icon, which users can tap while watching videos to have text-based conversations and get help finding content. Disclosure filed with the US patent and trademark office last month showed TikTok had submitted a trademark application for "TikTok Tako" in categories including "computer software for the artificial production of human speech and text".
Watchful uses computer vision as well as data analysis to identify and emulate app changes. It monitors devices in different countries but was unable to establish in which markets TikTok was conducting its tests.
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