The innovative AI assistant, known as Meta AI, is set to launch initially on September 27th, targeting a select group of users in the United States.
Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, introduced the company’s latest creation: a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) assistant named Meta AI. This represents Meta’s response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, with plans for integration into Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and, in the future, Meta’s mixed reality devices.
Speaking at the Meta Connect event on September 27th, Zuckerberg elucidated that Meta AI harnesses the power of the company’s extensive language model, Llama 2, and has been developed in collaboration with Microsoft Bing, enabling users to access real-time internet information.
“Meta AI serves as your essential assistant, engaging in conversation much like a human.”
Highlighting Meta AI’s primary differentiator from its rival, ChatGPT, Zuckerberg articulated that Meta’s overarching strategy entails tailoring distinct AI products for specific use cases.
As an illustrative example, he showcased how Meta AI’s functionality would differ across the company’s suite of social media applications. He demonstrated its utility within group chats on Facebook Messenger, where it adeptly assists with itinerary planning.
Zuckerberg emphasized that Meta’s chatbots aren’t solely purposed for dispensing useful information; they are also engineered to engage users in conversation and provide entertainment.
In a display of its entertainment-centric AI offerings, Meta unveiled an array of chatbots modeled after approximately 30 celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, and former NFL player Tom Brady.
According to Meta’s announcement, the new AI assistant will debut on September 27th, initially catering to a select group of users based in the United States, accessible via Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Furthermore, Meta AI will extend its availability to users of the company’s upcoming smart glasses, slated for release on October 17th for U.S. consumers, as well as its new Quest 3 VR device.
Coinciding with Meta’s Connect event, OpenAI made a significant revelation, declaring that its chatbot ChatGPT would no longer be constrained by pre-2021 data.
This update is immediately accessible to Plus and Enterprise users who employ the GPT-4 model, as conveyed in a September 27th post on X. Prior to this development, ChatGPT grappled with an ever-widening knowledge gap. Given the nature of AI model training, such as generative pre-trained transformers (GPT), ChatGPT’s knowledge previously terminated in 2021, presumably when it was finalized for production.
