Where is AI hiding inside WhatsApp
Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax WhatsApp is one app that we use everyday. I’m sure with many that is the default way of staying connected with the world. Its easy to use, always available and the best thing is that its associated with your mobile number. I think the success behind WhatsApp over any other messaging tool is its association with the mobile number. While the interface is clean and simple and there is no bragging about use of AI, yet AI is working in the background to make our WhatsApp experience smooth. Let’s do a deep dive. Smart and optimised message delivery When you send a message on WhatsApp, it feels simple and instant. But real-world networks are messy. Signals drop, phones switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, battery savers kick in, and the person on the other side may be offline. Yet messages usually do reach. This is because WhatsApp doesn’t just send a message once and forget about it. That would be a purely programmed or deterministic behaviour. Instead, when the...