Meta brings upgraded Meta AI to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger

Meta AI update: Meta is bringing an advanced version of Meta AI, the company’s Llama 3-based AI assistant, to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger users across the globe. The announcement was made by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg via a post on its official WhatsApp channel and Instagram handle.

“We’re releasing the new version of Meta AI, our assistant that you can ask any question across our apps and glasses. Our goal is to build the world’s leading AI…We’re upgrading Meta AI with our new state-of-the-art Llama 3 AI model, which we’re open sourcing. With this new model, we believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use,” Zuckerberg wrote in his post on the two platforms.

It is worth noting that Meta has already started making Meta AI available to a lot of WhatsApp and Instagram users across the globe. However, its capabilities so far have been limited. For instance, on Instagram users can ask questions or suggest reels on a specific topic, while on WhatsApp Meta AI can fact check information and make suggestions based on the users’ queries. But now, it can do more.

 

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What can the new Meta AI do?

Meta has added some interesting features to the Meta AI. For instance, it can generate high quality images and animate photos. Here are five new features that Meta AI is bringing to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger:

— Meta AI can now give users real-time information from across the web without having to switch 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,” Meta wrote in its blog post.

— Meta AI can also show users more information about an image that they saw in their Facebook Feeds. It can also show recommendations relevant to the image that they saw in the Feed.

— Meta is also making image generation faster with Meta AI. The company says that now users can create images from text in real-time using Meta AI’s Imagine feature.  Meta has started rolling out this feature today in beta on WhatsApp and the Meta AI web experience in the US.

— Meta has also improved the quality of the images that the Meta AI generates. Meta says that the images generated are now ‘sharper and higher quality, with a better ability to include text in images’. Additionally, Meta AI will also even provide helpful prompts with ideas to change the image.

— Lastly, Meta AI has also got the ability to animate an image or turn it into a GIF.