Ask Instagram or Facebook to recommend a restaurant, plan a trip, book a concert… While they are losing ground to TiKTok, the Meta group’s applications could well find a second lease of life thanks to MetaAI. On Thursday, the social media giant announced that its virtual assistant powered by generative AI will be available in twelve English-speaking countries in Asia, Africa and North America. MetaAI was announced last year, but has since only been tested in the United States.
This assistant will be integrated into the group’s four services: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. In a group conversation on Messenger, for example, it will be possible to “tag” MetaAI and ask it a question. MetaAI will also be present on Facebook’s News Feed. Finally, this assistant also includes an image generation functionality, but only on WhatsApp for the moment. It will be possible to create a snapshot, transform it into an animated Gif and then share it…