Meta AI Could Get Its Own Standalone App Like ChatGPT, Grok, Perplexity, And Gemini

Meta AI will soon become one of the social media company's standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned.The company intends to debut a Meta AI standalone app during the second quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. It marks a major step in Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to make his company the leader in artificial intelligence by the end of the year, ahead of competitors such as OpenAI and Alphabet, said the people, who asked not to be named because the project is confidential.The Meta AI chatbot launched in September 2023, with the company pitching it as a generative AI-powered digital assistant that can provide responses and create images based on user prompts within its existing apps. The company brought Meta AI to the forefront of its apps in April, when it replaced the search feature for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger with the chatbot.Meta AI has since become the primary method for Zuckerberg to showcase his company's generative AI technologies to billions of consumers. This is going to be the year when a highly intelligent and personalized AI assistant reaches more than 1 billion people, and I expect Meta AI to be that leading AI assistant, Zuckerberg told analysts during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call in January.Unlike competing generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Perplexity, Meta AI is currently only available to users via a website and the company's apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Although Meta's vast user base across its family of apps can access Meta AI, users could potentially interact more deeply with the digital assistant if it were available as a standalone app, the people said.More on Meta’s standalone app and other AI efforts on CNBCUPCOMING INTERVIEW ON THE (A)BSOLUTELY (I)NCREDIBLE PODCASTI’m expanding the (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible Podcast to include interviews with thought leaders who are passionately working on revolutionary transformation, powered by AI.On the inaugural episode, I welcome Theodora Lau, the Founder of Unconventional Ventures, and author of a the new book being published by Palgrave Macmillan.Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence: Navigating the Realities of AI in Financial Services. Theodora has been recognized as one American Banker’s Top 20 most influential women in Fintech, and the host of the amazing One Vision Podcast.Click Here To Buy Theodora’s Book, Banking On (Artificial) IntelligenceAs an author of multiple books on the future of finance this should be an interesting and insightful interview thats available to all our Neural News Network subscribers.Click Here To Buy Theodora’s Book, Banking On (Artificial) IntelligenceIf you would like your executive, brand, or product featured on the all new (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible Podcast please message Bruce Burke directly for additional information.Thats all for today, but AI is moving fast - like, comment, and subscribe for more AI news! Thank you for supporting my partners and I — it’s how I keep Neural News free. Get full access to Neural News Network at remunerationlabs.substack.com/subscribe