Tech Bytes: Instagram adding AI characters for chatting with friends

Tech Bytes: Instagram lets you use AI characters to chat with friends

In today's Tech Bytes from ABC News: Instagram is creating AI characters for its users to chat with friends, ADT is out with a new security system, then the world has its first electric powered pants.

A new tool on Instagram. Users can now create AI versions of themselves. Meta says creators and business owners can use the AI profiles to speak to real humans for them in chat threads and other areas. “AI Studio” can also generate jokes and memes.

ADT is out with its new security system. One feature, called “Trusted Neighbor,” allows people you trust to enter your home using smart locks and facial recognition. The system will also integrate with Google Nest cameras.

The “world’s first powered pants.” The “MoGo” pants—short for mountain goat—feature a lightweight electric engine that can boost a hiker’s leg strength uphill and absorb the shock of going downhill. They’re expected to cost about $5,000 and be available next year.