Meta AI first birthday marks a significant milestone, with remarkable growth, especially on WhatsApp and Facebook. The user base is almost equal to that of ChatGPT, positioning Meta AI as a strong competitor in the AI market. Launched on September 27 last year, Meta AI was introduced through a Facebook newsroom announcement: “We are introducing Meta AI in beta, an advanced conversational assistant available on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, with more features coming to Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Quest 3.”

An article from The Information explores Meta AI’s first birthday, highlighting usage patterns, popular applications, and upcoming improvements. The article also compares Meta AI with ChatGPT, offering insights into how these platforms stack up.

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Meta AI’s Global Expansion

On its first birthday, Meta AI has the most active users on WhatsApp, followed by Facebook. However, Instagram users have shown less interest in the AI assistant. Notably, most Meta AI users are outside the U.S., which could impact potential ad revenue generation.

Meta AI is available in 8 languages and 22 countries via Meta’s social media apps. In North America, it’s accessible in English through Ray-Ban smart glasses. Moving forward, Meta plans to develop its Meta View app, currently used for smart glasses, into a dedicated app for Meta AI. Many users leverage Meta AI for research, writing, information gathering, and entertainment.

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Meta AI vs ChatGPT: A Growing User Race

While ChatGPT is widely popular with software engineers for coding, Meta AI shows a different usage pattern. Its integration across social media apps and smart glasses offers unique opportunities for users. However, Meta AI continues to compete strongly in terms of user numbers. Meta AI has 185 million weekly users, 40 million daily active users, and around 400 million monthly active users. ChatGPT has 200 million weekly users, although data for daily and monthly users is not available.

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Future Updates and Enhancements

Meta is preparing several key updates for the upcoming Connect conference. Soon, users will be able to interact with Meta AI using voice commands in apps by tapping the search bar icon. Additionally, Llama 3, the large language model behind Meta AI, will gain the ability to recognize images, expanding its capabilities.

Despite these advancements, Meta AI faces commercialization challenges, particularly in the European Union, due to concerns about data privacy. To address this, Mark Zuckerberg issued a public letter, calling for regulatory changes.