Meta’s ChatGPT competitor shows how your friends use AI

Meta has launched its standalone ChatGPT competitor, offering features like typing/talking, image generation, and real-time web results.
The new app introduces a “Discover feed” that showcases interactions with Meta AI from friends on Instagram and Facebook, allowing users to engage with and remix these posts.
Meta’s goal is to demystify AI by making it accessible and interactive, as stated by its VP of product, Connor Hayes.
The app puts voice mode at the forefront, offering a conversational experience similar to ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode (currently in beta).
Other companies like Elon Musk’s X and OpenAI are also integrating AI chatbots with social media features, indicating a growing trend in this area.

Meta’s standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you’d expect from an AI assistant. You can type or talk with it, generate images, and get real-time web results.

The biggest new idea in the Meta AI app is its Discover feed, which adds an AI twist to social media. Here, you’ll see a feed of interactions with Meta AI that other people, including your friends on Instagram and Facebook, have opted to share on a prompt-by-prompt basis.

You can like, comment on, share, or remix these shared AI posts into your own. The idea is to demystify AI and show “people what they can do with it,” Meta’s VP of product, Connor Hayes, tells me.

A screenshot of the Meta AI app.

It may seem obvious that Meta is the first to add a social component to its AI assistant. It definitely won’t be the last, though. Across the industry, AI chatbots and social media are converging. Elon Musk’s X has already integrated closely with Grok. OpenAI, meanwhile, is planning to add a social feed to ChatGPT.

The Meta AI app puts voice mode at the forefront. An opt-in, beta version makes Meta AI’s voice more conversational like ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode, though Meta’s version currently lacks access to information from the web.

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Q. What is Meta’s standalone ChatGPT competitor?

A. It is an AI assistant that can be used for typing or talking, generating images, and getting real-time web results.

Q. What is the biggest new idea in the Meta AI app?

A. The Discover feed, which adds an AI twist to social media by showing a feed of interactions with Meta AI that other people have opted to share on a prompt-by-prompt basis.

Q. How can users interact with the shared AI posts in the Discover feed?

A. Users can like, comment on, share, or remix these shared AI posts into their own content.

Q. Why did Meta add a social component to its AI assistant?

A. To demystify AI and show “people what they can do with it,” according to Meta’s VP of product, Connor Hayes.

Q. Is Meta the first company to add a social component to its AI assistant?

A. No, it is not; other companies like Elon Musk’s X have already integrated closely with Grok, and OpenAI plans to add a social feed to ChatGPT.

Q. What is unique about Meta AI’s voice mode compared to ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode?

A. Meta AI’s voice mode is opt-in and more conversational, but currently lacks access to information from the web.

Q. Can users access information from the web using Meta AI’s voice mode?

A. No, as of now, Meta AI’s voice mode does not have access to information from the web.

Q. What is Grok in relation to Elon Musk’s X?

A. Grok is an integrated platform that closely works with Elon Musk’s X.

Q. Is OpenAI planning to add a social feed to ChatGPT?

A. Yes, it is planned.

Q. Why did Meta create the Discover feed?

A. To show users what they can do with AI and make it more accessible and engaging.