Meta reportedly plans a standalone AI chatbot app

Meta is reportedly planning to release standalone apps for AI assistant Meta AI to better compete with AI-powered chatbots such as Openai’s ChatGpt and Google’s Gemini.

According to CNBCMeta was able to launch the standalone Meta AI app as soon as the company’s next financial quarter (April-June). Meta AI is currently only available to users via websites including Facebook and WhatsApp and Meta’s family apps.

Meta will also be testing Meta AI’s paid subscription service that adds unspecified functionality to its assistants on a per-CNBC basis. The publication could not learn the price.

With over 700 million active monthly users, Meta AI is part of Meta’s multifaceted strategy to become a dominant force in the AI ​​space. The company has also actively released “open” models like the Llama. We believe this can promote an ecosystem comparable to the Openai ecosystem.

Meta is planning to hold its first AI-centric developer meeting. Lamaconlate April.