Meta Launches AI Agents for Businesses
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:30.1 | I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal. Meta has launched an artificial intelligence |
| 0:35.1 | business agent across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. |
| 0:38.6 | For now, the tool can answer customer questions, book appointments, and close sales. |
| 0:42.8 | But in the future, the company says the agent will be able to conduct market research, |
| 0:46.9 | provide competitive intelligence, and help manage businesses' calendars. |
| 0:50.7 | Meta had been testing the AI agent before today's launch, and the company said it already has 1 million business customers. |
| 0:57.0 | It's free for now, but it will become a paid subscription service. |
| 1:01.1 | Macy's has raised its outlook for the year after sales in the first quarter climbed 1.8%. |
| 1:06.1 | The department store company says customers are spending more when they visit its stores and website. |
| 1:11.2 | People are buying more higher-pric priced items like leather jackets and linen pants. |
| 1:15.3 | CEO Tony Springs' turnaround effort at Macy's is focused on improving the merchandise |
| 1:19.4 | sets for sale, adding more salespeople, and sprucing up stores. Spring said today that shoppers |
| 1:24.3 | are still choosy about what they're buying, but he's cautiously optimistic. |
| 1:28.7 | And Ukrainian drones have struck an oil export terminal in the Russian city of St. Petersburg |
| 1:33.4 | and a nearby naval base. Ukrainian president Volodomir Zelensky says the long-range |
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