Meta has officially announced the arrival of its new AI features for its products and services including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram.
The company has officially announced it at Meta Connect 2023. The Facebook parent is also getting into AI chatbots with the launch of ‘Meta AI’. It’s an AI-powered assistant that will be available on Meta apps including WhatsApp.
WhatsApp and Instagram get AI assistant
The company has officially confirmed that you can interact with the AI assistant like a person. The AI assistant has been developed using a custom model from Llama 2 (generative text model) and Meta’s latest large language model (LLM) research. It has partnered with Microsoft’s Bing to get real-time information for text-based chats.
Meta AI is available in one-on-one chats, and in group chats as well. It’s currently available in the US only, and the company hasn’t announced plans for a global release yet. The AI assistant is available on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.
Upcoming projects
Meta introduced AI studio, the platform that supports the creation of our AIs and we plan to make it available for people outside of Meta – coders and non-coders alike – to build AIs. Developers will be able to build third-party AIs for our messaging services with our APIs in the coming weeks, starting on Messenger then expanding to WhatsApp.
Businesses will also be able to create AIs that reflect their brand’s values and improve customer service experiences. From small businesses looking to scale to large brands wanting to enhance communications, AIs can help businesses engage with their customers across our apps. We’re launching this in alpha and will scale it further next year.