With the launch of Llama 3, a new AI assistant, Meta AI enables Google and Bing searches to improve social connections, engage in conversations, and make suggestions.
The Meta AI assistant, integrated into all Meta platforms, utilises real-time search results from Bing and Google. Its image generation capabilities enable users to create animations and high-resolution images while typing.
The AI, which has only been available in the United States, is now being rolled out in several countries, including Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, with plans for further expansion into additional countries and languages.
Users can access Meta AI while scrolling through their Facebook feeds, allowing them to request more information about a specific post. On WhatsApp, the AI can generate high-quality images with improved text inclusion, as well as provide useful prompts for image changes.
While chatting with the AI on WhatsApp, the image changes as the user provides more information about the text-to-image prompt.
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Furthermore, the AI has also been introduced on the web at meta.ai. It works similarly to ChatGPT, allowing users to log in and initiate conversations.
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg
“With LLaMA 3, Meta AI will now be the most intelligent, freely available assistant,” Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview.
“And because we’ve reached the quality level we want, we’re now going to make it much more prominent and easier to use across all our apps.”
The company has followed suit with Microsoft and Google. Last year, Microsoft integrated OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its Bing search engine, while Google incorporated AI into products such as Docs, Gmail, and Google Search.
This development will aid the growth of artificial intelligence in Africa, which currently lags in funding for AI startups. Per a Q1 2024 funding report, the AI sector ranked tenth, receiving $4.6 million of the $176 million raised by African startups.
On April 4, 2024, the Nigerian government announced plans to enlist 120 experts — researchers, startups, and AI community stakeholders — to establish a collaborative framework to drive AI adoption in the country.
Also, the Kenyan government recently partnered with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to launch a project to develop a National Artificial Intelligence strategy.
Few Things to Know About Meta AI
What does Meta AI do?
Meta AI is designed to enhance your social connections by helping you make plans, sparking conversation, and giving you recommendations.
How to use Meta AI whatsapp?
- Open the chat you’d like to generate an AI image in.
- Type @ in the message field, then tap Meta AI.
- Type imagine followed by your text prompt.
- Tap.
- The generated image will be displayed in the chat.
Can I turn off Meta AI on Instagram?
Unfortunately, there’s not an easy way to turn it off for now. Facebook’s support page offers no such solutions, and asking Meta AI how to disable it gives conflicting answers, none of which worked in our testing. That doesn’t mean there’s no hope, though.
Who owns Meta AI?
Meta AI is an artificial intelligence laboratory owned by Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.).
What’s Meta AI in WhatsApp?
Meta AI and other characters on WhatsApp are optional services from Meta that can answer your questions, teach you something, or help come up with new ideas. You can choose to chat with Meta AI or choose from other characters with their own personalities and interests.
Is Meta AI free?
Meta has also committed to making its models freely available as open-source products in hopes that it will control the platform on which others are building and eventually find a way to monetize that position.
Can I get rid of Meta AI?
As of now, Meta has not provided an option to disable the AI features on Instagram and Facebook, although there is speculation that Instagram may consider such an option in the future if user feedback supports it.
