Mark Zuckerberg Unveils AI Feature For Facebook, WhatsApp And Instagram

• Meta, the parent company for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger announced the release of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model for its social media platforms
• Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg said that the new Meta AI version is integrated with real-time knowledge from search engines Google and Bing
• Zuckerberg noted that subscribers of Meta all meta platforms will be able to ask questions and get answers through the new feature

Facebook, WhatsApp and other Meta platform users can now access generative AI assistance on the platforms.

The company CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the release of the new version of Meta AI, which allows users to ask questions.

How to locate Meta AI feature on WhatsApp, Facebook

Zuckerberg revealed this in a video posted on his Facebook account on Thursday, April 18.

"We're releasing the new version of Meta AI, our assistant that you can ask any question across our apps and glasses. Our goal is to build the world's leading AI and make it available to everyone," said Zuckerberg as quoted in the post.

Zuckerberg noted that the new AI feature has been integrated with real-time knowledge from Google and Bing to provide answers to the users.

The new feature can be traced in the search boxes at the top of WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

"Anytime you have a question, you just ask it right there. We also built a website, meta.ai, for you to use on web," he said.

The CEO explained that the company is upgrading Meta AI with our new state-of-the-art Llama 3 AI model, "which we're open-sourcing."

He said that the new model will make Meta AI the most intelligent AI assistant for subscribers.

What are the features of Meta AI for Facebook, WhatsApp?

The new AI version comes with some unique creation features, like the ability to animate photos.

The images generated by Meta AI are of high quality, created and updated in real-time as the user types.

It will also generate a playback video as the user generates it in the process.

"We are investing massively to build the leading AI and open sourcing our models responsibly is an important part of our approach.

"Beyond improving Meta products, these models have the potential to help unlock progress in fields like science, health care and more. We have got more releases coming soon," Zuckerberg added.

WhatsApp chat filter feature

The announcement came after WhatsApp rolled out a chat filter feature that allows users to easily search for messages.

Zuckerberg made the announcement on his verified Facebook page and shared how it would aid users on the leading social media platform.

The new development sent WhatsApp users into a frenzy, as many people described it as a welcome initiative.