Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp want you to pay extra for some of their AI tools

Many social media platforms already offer subscription services (Picture: Getty Images)

Meta will soon trial paid subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

The social media tech giant will give a handful of users in the coming months the chance to pay for access to exclusive features.

These will include beefed-up AI capabilities and other ways to ‘unlock more productivity and creativity’, Meta confirmed to TechCrunch.

Various subscriptions will be tested,...