The integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp provides Meta, the parent company of Facebook, with a unique opportunity to expose its advanced language model and image generation capabilities to over 2 billion monthly active users globally. This could potentially surpass the reach of its competitors. Meta also confirmed plans to launch Llama 3, the next version of its open-source large language model, within the next month.
Key takeaways:
- WhatsApp is testing Meta AI, a large language model-powered chatbot, with users in India and other markets, indicating its intention to leverage its massive user base to expand its AI offerings.
- The AI chatbot, which was previously available for testing in select markets including the U.S., is now being tested with some users in India, WhatsApp's largest market with over 500 million users.
- Meta AI, unveiled in late September, is designed to answer user queries directly within chats and generate photorealistic images from text prompts.
- Meta also confirmed plans to launch Llama 3, the next version of its open source large language model, within the next month.