As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology continues to grow more mainstream across the globe, Google Trends data shows that interest in the metaverse in East Africa and across the globe peaked in October 2021, when social media giant Facebook renamed to Meta to capture its investment interests in the metaverse but has so far fallen by over 90 percent. The rise in AI-generated pictures amplifies body-image concernsBy November 2022, web searches for metaverse had fallen by over 81 percent, the first sign that the metaverse allure was on a downward trajectory. At the same time, interest in AI suddenly spiked, with searches exceeding those of the metaverse, following the launch of text-based generative AI platform ChatGPT. Is Generative AI increasing inequelity ?
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