Meta’s New AI

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Meta’s New AI Assistant- Llama

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI. Powered by the company’s latest AI model, Llama 3, Meta AI is integrated into Meta’s popular social media and messaging platforms, aiming to provide users with a highly intelligent and free-to-use AI experience.

 Features and Capabilities of Meta AI

Meta AI boasts a range of advanced features designed to enhance user interactions and provide seamless access to information. Some key capabilities include:

• Integration with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, allowing users to access the AI assistant directly within these apps.
• Real-time information retrieval, enabling the assistant to provide up-to-date answers to user queries.
• A generative AI (GenAI) image creator, allowing users to generate images based on text prompts.
• The ability to engage in conversations and respond to posts directly on the Facebook feed.
• Access to the meta.ai website for a dedicated desktop experience.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed ambitious plans for Meta AI, aiming to make it the most intelligent and widely accessible AI tool available to users at no cost.

 

About Llama 3

At the core of Meta AI is the company’s most advanced AI model, Llama 3. Developed using vast amounts of data, Llama 3 is capable of understanding and generating human-like responses to a wide range of queries and prompts. The model runs on powerful chips designed by Nvidia, enabling it to process and analyze large volumes of data efficiently.

Meta has released two smaller versions of the Llama 3 model, built with 8 billion and 70 billion parameters respectively, while a larger 400 billion-parameter model is still under development. The company plans to continue refining and improving the Llama models to enhance Meta AI’s capabilities over time.

 

Competition of Meta AI in the AI Chatbot Market

• The launch of Meta AI comes at a time when competition in the AI chatbot market is heating up. Major tech companies like Microsoft, with its backing of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Alphabet’s Google, with its Gemini chatbot, are also vying for dominance in this space.
• However, Meta differentiates itself by offering Meta AI as a free-to-use tool, integrated seamlessly into its widely-used social media and messaging platforms. This approach aims to make advanced AI assistance more accessible to a broader user base.

However, the development of advanced AI systems also raises important questions about data privacy, security, and the ethical implications of relying on machine learning algorithms to shape user experiences. As Meta and other tech giants continue to push the boundaries of AI, it will be crucial to address these concerns and ensure that the benefits of these technologies are realized in a responsible and equitable manner.

Built with Meta Llama 3, Meta AI is one of the world’s leading AI assistants, already on your phone, in your pocket for free. And it’s starting to go global with more features. You can use Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger to get things done, learn, create and connect with the things that matter to you. We first announced Meta AI at last year’s Connect, and now, more people around the world can interact with it in more ways than ever before.

Make Meta AI Work for You

Planning a night out with friends? Ask Meta AI to recommend a restaurant with sunset views and vegan options. Organizing a weekend getaway? Ask Meta AI to find concerts for Saturday night. Cramming for a test? Ask Meta AI to explain how hereditary traits work. Moving into your first apartment? Ask Meta AI to “imagine” the aesthetic you’re going for and it will generate some inspiration photos for your furniture shopping.

We want Meta AI to be available when you’re trying to get things done at your computer too, so we’re rolling out meta.ai (the website) today. Struggling with a math problem? Need help making a work email sound more professional? Meta AI can help! And you can log in to save your conversations with Meta AI for future reference.

 

Seamless Search Integration in the Apps You Know and Love

Meta AI is also available in search across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. You can access real-time information from across the web without having to bounce between apps. Let’s say you’re planning a ski trip in your Messenger group chat. Using search in Messenger you can ask Meta AI to find flights to Colorado from New York and figure out the least crowded weekends to go – all without leaving the Messenger app.

 

Meta AI in Feed

You can also access Meta AI when you’re scrolling through your Facebook Feed. Come across a post you’re interested in? You can ask Meta AI for more info right from the post. So if you see a photo of the northern lights in Iceland, you can ask Meta AI what time of year is best to check out the aurora borealis.

 

 

 

Blog By: Trupti Thakur