Mark Zuckerberg announces plan to build robot PA to help around the home

Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to build an artificially intelligent assistant modelled on an Iron Man character to help around the home.

The Facebook founder said his personal challenge for the next year is to invent the computerised servant to assist with household chores.

And he likened the idea to the character Jarvis in the Iron Man films, a highly advanced form of artificial intelligence (AI) who manages almost everything in the superhero’s life.