Facebook Marketplace adds AI auto-replies for annoying ‘Is this still available?’ messages

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Facebook Marketplace introduces AI auto-replies to handle common 'Is this still available?' messages, allowing sellers to toggle on editable responses for efficiency. The feature aims to streamline the selling process by automating initial interactions.

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Facebook Marketplace is adding a bunch of new AI-powered tools that are supposed to make selling items on the platform a little more efficient. One feature will use Meta AI to automatically respond to those annoying "Is this still available?" messages.

You can toggle on the auto-reply option when creating a listing, and Meta AI will draft an editable response to any questions related to availability. In an example shown by Meta, its AI assistant creates an auto-reply saying, "Yes, it's still available. Do you have any questions?"

Facebook Marketplace is trying to speed up the process of listing items, too, as Meta AI can now use the photos …

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