Meta AI is getting a massive upgrade. On Thursday, the social media giant announced two new Llama 3 artificial intelligence (AI) models: the Llama 3 8B and 70B, which are said to offer improved functionality compared to their predecessors. Additionally, the company has upgraded its native AI assistant with the Llama 3 model. According to the company, Meta AI can now respond more efficiently, generate images faster, and can even animate images. By integrating the chatbot into different interfaces, its accessibility is also improved. It is also expanding to more countries.

in the newsroom postalThe company said Meta AI is now powered by Llama and is free to use as long as users have an account on any of its platforms. The social media giant announced the chatbot at Meta Connect 2023 and soon started adding it to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the US. The AI ​​assistant recently expanded to India, and now the tech giant has revealed that it is expanding it to more regions. Countries that are rolling out meta-AI include Australia, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

While the AI ​​assistant has gotten better in terms of response efficiency and image generation quality thanks to the Llama 3 integration, Meta has also added new features as well as wider chatbot integration. Functionally, Meta AI will now be able to generate images in real time. This means that once you start typing the prompt, you can see the AI-generated image. As you continue to type and better describe the image, the image will continue to change based on the prompts. While this does make generation faster, it also allows users to preview images and make changes in real time for better results.

Another new feature is image animation. The tech giant also offers image editing features. If you don’t like the resulting image, you can ask the AI ​​to change it or iterate it with a new style. Additionally, users can animate images and convert them into GIFs.

Meta also enables chatbots to be used across more user touchpoints. Users can now find the AI ​​assistant under posts in their Facebook feed. A small Meta AI logo will pop up with some suggested queries, and users can ask questions about the topics shown in the video. It is also integrated into search on all platforms. This will allow users to go to the search bar on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or Messenger and type in a question, and AI will answer it. You can also check real-time events such as flight booking prices and stock market updates. It’s worth noting that Meta’s AI uses both Google and Bing to display results, but users have no control over which search engine it displays.

Finally, the social media giant also launched a new meta.ai website that allows users to jump into a conversation with the chatbot or ask it to solve math problems or generate content. This new platform may be suitable for those who want to use an artificial intelligence assistant but don’t want to open a social media account for it, especially in a professional setting. Users can also save conversations here for future reference.