- Meta will launch a brand new stand-alone Meta AI app in Q2 this 12 months
- Sam Altman has responded by suggesting OpenAI might launch its personal social media app in retaliation
- Meta will launch extra AI-related merchandise this 12 months
In accordance with new rumors posted by CNBC, Meta has introduced that it’ll launch a stand-alone app model of Meta AI to tackle ChatGPT this 12 months, prompting OpenAI CEO Sam Alman to reply with, “Okay high quality possibly we’ll do a social app”, on the X social platform.
The prospect of OpenAI making a social media app in retaliation could have been a joke from Altman – his follow-up put up on X stated “lol if fb tries to come back at us and we simply uno reverse them it might be so humorous” adopted by a laughing emoji, nevertheless it garnered some critical responses from customers on X.
“Drop the GPT – simply ‘chat’” stated @not_a_vc, and “Have you considered merging with X?” requested Bojan Tunguz. Nonetheless, most customers appeared to suppose the world didn’t want one more social media app. “A social chatGPT app would in all probability begin a brand new paradigm. No telling how the results would play out from that”, stated RexMonte, “Social networks at the moment are out of date”, stated Mark Lindsay, and “What number of social media apps have been tried but everybody retains coming again to this dumpster fireplace?” requested one other consumer.
In accordance with CNBC, “folks accustomed to the matter” say the brand new Meta AI app is predicted within the second quarter of this 12 months.
The Meta AI chatbot launched in September 2023, and may at present be accessed from its personal web site, or from inside Meta apps like Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, the place you possibly can chat with the AI as should you have been speaking to a buddy. Separating the AI out right into a stand-alone app would pitch it straight in opposition to devoted AI chatbot apps like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok.
In January this 12 months, Zuckerberg responded to a put up on Threads (one other of Meta’s social platforms) with a ‘100’ emoji after a consumer advised that Meta ought to have its personal AI chatbot app, which might tie collectively MetaAI via all its totally different platforms, apps, and merchandise like Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Meta has robust AI ambitions this 12 months. Zuckerberg has described 2025 as being the “defining 12 months” for Meta’s sensible glasses plans and a leaked inner memo allegedly penned by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has teased some large issues in XR and AI tech from its Actuality Labs division, together with six new AI {hardware} units.
