Meta AI Gets New Features, Expands Into More Countries

Meta today announced the release of the new version of its AI assistant, Meta AI.

The new version is built with Llama 3 – a significant step in making Meta AI smarter, faster, and more fun than ever before. 

Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on  an instagram post  saying ;

“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.”

Meta AI Across all Meta Platforms 

The company has integrated the AI Assistant across all its platforms.

Meta  AI can now be used on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.

Zuckerberg said  “ We’re making Meta AI easier to use by integrating it into the search boxes at the top of WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger”

Users can now use  Meta AI in feeds, chats, search and more across all Meta  apps without exiting the app.

The company also built a website meta.ai for users on the web.

Real Time Search Results 

Another update is the integration of real time knowledge from Google and Bing, right into the search answers.

This makes Meta AI even smarter.

In fact, reports say that Meta AI assistant is the only chatbot that now integrates real-time search results from both Bing and Google.

Zuckerberg in his post  highlighted ;

“Our goal is to build the world’s leading AI. We believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”

Meta AI in New Countries 

Meta also announced the launch of the AI assistant in seven countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and 6 other countries.

It is now available on phones and in pockets for free in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Other countries receiving Meta AI rollout today include; Australia, Canada,  Jamaica,  New Zealand, Pakistan, and Singapore.

“With our expansion of Meta AI in English to new countries, we are excited to share our next-generation assistant with even more people …”  the CEO shared.

Other Updates 

Meta  also rolled out other new features on Meta AI 

 include;

 ‘Meta AI now generates high quality images so fast that it creates and updates them in real-time as you’re typing. It’ll also generate a playback video of your creation process.’ The CEO proudly highlighted 

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