What Is Meta AI? How It Works Across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

How does Meta AI stack up in the great chatbot arms race?

Advertisingly. Data-miningly. Like the avatar of rapacious consumption, slouching toward Bethlehem; like a fool's bargain with the fae; like a self-fulfilling prophecy of ennui, tailored for maximum palatability and addictive potential. But since we can't get rid of it by retconning Silicon Valley and/or hurling Zuck into the Sun, here's what you need to know about Meta AI: where to find it, what it can do, and what's really going on behind the proverbial curtain.

Introduction

Meta AI is a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools embedded across Meta’s software and hardware platforms (including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, VR, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses), as well as a web version and a standalone app. Collectively, Meta refers to this interconnected ecosystem of apps, devices, and virtual environments as the “metaverse.”

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