Meta just rolled out Meta AI in India in English across WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. Built on Llama 3, the free assistant lets users brainstorm in group chats, pull up details directly from Facebook feeds, and generate or animate images by typing "imagine".
Meta just suspended plans to launch its Meta AI assistant in Europe following objections from the Irish Data Protection Commission over training on user data. Meta called the move a setback, arguing that blocking access to European content leaves it with only a "second-rate experience." Privacy advocates at Noyb countered that Meta simply refused to ask for explicit consent.
Meta's AI is now injecting itself into Facebook comment sections to generate automated summaries, capturing everything from bizarre rants to lighthearted jokes. While the recaps often highlight just how chaotic discussions have become, the move is also reigniting privacy concerns over Meta training its models on user-generated content.
Mark Zuckerberg just assembled an advisory council to guide Meta’s AI roadmap, tapping Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Shopify chief Tobi Lütke, and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. The unpaid group sits outside the board of directors to offer pure strategic advice on Meta's tech push.
Meta just expanded its Ray-Ban smart glasses line with new frames and rolled out multimodal AI to all users across the US and Canada. The glasses can now answer questions about your surroundings and share your first-person view during WhatsApp or Messenger video calls. Why it matters: Wearable AI is officially moving from basic audio prompts to real-time vision.
Meta just upgraded its Meta AI assistant with Llama 3 and launched a standalone web experience at meta.ai. The assistant is woven directly into the search bars of WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, rolling out across more than a dozen English-speaking countries with real-time text-to-image generation as you type.
Meta is now testing its Meta AI assistant directly inside Instagram's search bar. Queries can kick off a private DM conversation for questions or surface specific Reels using pre-loaded prompts, mimicking Perplexity's clean interface. It looks like Meta's latest push to fix Instagram's notoriously clunky search and better take on TikTok.
Meta just rolled out a major wave of AI upgrades across its hardware and apps. Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are gaining multimodal AI to understand what you see and fetch real-time info via Bing, while a standalone web image generator launched at imagine.meta.com. Group chats on Messenger and Instagram also gained interactive image remixing.
Meta just unveiled its next-gen Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses starting at $299, packing upgraded open-ear audio, a 12 MP camera, and direct livestreaming to Instagram and Facebook. The biggest jump is hands-free Meta AI integration on the go, though the assistant features will only launch in beta in the US.
Meta just rolled out a suite of generative AI features across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. The headline drop is Meta AI, a general assistant integrated with Bing search, accompanied by 28 celebrity-modeled AI personas including Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg. Users also get prompt-driven stickers and photo editing tools, with an AI Studio platform coming next.
