Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 11 ● 5 sources

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay laying out a vision for AI-driven personal agents for everyone, but TechCrunch’s Equity podcast panel says the pitch is widely received with skepticism. The essay’s “6,500 words” length is highlighted alongside complaints that key products aren’t accessible (for example, users can’t download the cited Glimmer model to a typical MacBook). As a result, Meta is being seen less as a leading consumer AI personal-assistant provider and more as trying to reposition itself, even as critics point to Meta’s past social-media trust issues and question the feasibility and costs of the promised AI future.