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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\u2019s ChatGPT and Google\u2019s Gemini.<\/p>\n
According to CNBC<\/a>, Meta could launch a standalone Meta AI app as soon as the company\u2019s next fiscal quarter (April-June). Meta AI is currently only available to users via a website and Meta\u2019s family of apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp. <\/p>\n Meta also plans to test a paid subscription service for Meta AI that\u2019ll add unspecified capabilities to the assistant, per CNBC. The publication wasn\u2019t able to learn the price. <\/p>\n Meta AI, which has over 700 million active monthly users, is a part of Meta\u2019s multi-pronged strategy to become a dominant force in the AI space. The company has also aggressively released \u201copen\u201d models like Llama, which it believes could foster an ecosystem rivaling that of OpenAI\u2019s. <\/p>\n Meta plans to host its first-ever AI-focused developer conference, LlamaCon<\/a>, in late April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n