United Kingdom, July 31 -- Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg believes billions of people will have personal artificial intelligence agents within the next five years, as the company pushes AI systems beyond chatbots towards digital assistants that can act on users' behalf.

Speaking during Meta's quarterly earnings call, Zuckerberg said he expects AI agents to become a normal part of daily life, helping people manage areas including finances, health, relationships and household tasks.

The tech boss said: "I think that it's extremely unlikely if you look out five years from now that you don't have billions of people with a personal agent that understands your goals and that is just working on your behalf 24/7 to achieve your goals in w...