Meta AI made its debut in India last week when some users spotted a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot appearing on their WhatsApp app. Currently, meta AI is also starting to appear in some Instagram and Messenger users in the country. Chat Powered by Llama Her Assistant is a chatbot with common functionality, allowing you to converse in natural language, answer questions, generate images, write essays, and more. The Meta AI chatbot appears as a pinkish-blue ring in your Instagram DM search bar.
Access to AI-powered chatbots appears to be limited, with multiple users reporting not seeing this feature. A Meta spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is testing new features in India and parts of Africa. “Our AI-powered experiences are in various stages of development, and we are publicly testing a variety of experiences to a limited extent,” the statement said.
With this move, India now has access to all major AI chatbots including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft's Copilot, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity AI search engine, and Meta AI. The social media giant launched the chatbot in September 2023, but its availability was limited to the United States and a few other regions. Until now, AI assistants have not been accessible in India.
Meta AI is a general-purpose chatbot, so it can perform a wide range of tasks. Additionally, you can also generate images. This feature is currently his second publicly available chatbot after Copilot (Google has limited Gemini's image generation capabilities). Focused on text-only functionality, Meta AI can answer questions, generate text, translate text, summarize large blocks of text, write essays, analyze data, and perform mathematical calculations. , can also assist with coding-related tasks. Since the AI chatbot is connected to the internet via Bing, it can also provide real-time information.
Meta AI can also generate images using OpenAI's DALL-E. To generate an image, you must type “Imagine” with a slash followed by the desired prompt. For example, you can write: “/ Imagine a field of sunflowers and children playing around it.” However, please note that chatbots cannot respond to requests for images of real people. Additionally, all meta-generated images are marked with an “Imagined with Meta” watermark to distinguish them from real images.
