Meta reportedly plans to release a standalone app for its AI assistant, Meta AI, in a bid to better compete with AI-powered chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
According to CNBC, Meta could launch a standalone Meta AI app as soon as the company’s next fiscal quarter (April-June). Meta AI is currently only available to users via a website and Meta’s family of apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp.
Meta also plans to test a paid subscription service for Meta AI that’ll add unspecified capabilities to the assistant, per CNBC. The publication wasn’t able to learn the price.
Meta AI, which has over 700 million active monthly users, is a part of Meta’s multi-pronged strategy to become a dominant force in the AI space. The company has also aggressively released “open” models like Llama, which it believes could foster an ecosystem rivaling that of OpenAI’s.
Meta plans to host its first-ever AI-focused developer conference, LlamaCon, in late April.