Meta Platforms Inc. has made its latest large language model, Muse Spark 1.1, available to consumers through its Meta AI chatbot. The update is rolling out alongside several enhancements to Facebook, including a new video-based account verification tool and access to the Facebook Marketplace e-commerce platform through a mobile app.
Meta AI is a free AI service with a similar feature set to ChatGPT. The new version of Meta AI is better at tasks that require it to retrieve data from multiple sources. For example, if the chatbot is asked to plan a trip, it can research destinations and check the user’s calendar for scheduling information.
A consumer working on a kitchen renovation can ask Meta AI to find online furniture stores. The new version of the chatbot also lends itself to more complex research tasks, such as collecting information about a user-specified topic and visualizing the retrieved data.
The company is rolling out the chatbot upgrade alongside two new Facebook features: Facebook Verified and Seller. Facebook Verified enables users to verify their accounts by uploading a video selfie, while Seller is a mobile app for users who sell items on Facebook Marketplace.
Seller includes an AI tool that speeds up product listing creation, generates marketing copy, and organizes each newly created listing under the relevant category. Like the new version of Meta AI, Facebook Verified and Seller will roll out gradually, with Meta planning to pilot the features in a limited number of markets before making them available worldwide.
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They plan to bring the model to the version of Meta AI embedded in WhatsApp within a few weeks. Muse Spark 1.1 is available to users in a limited number of markets via the web and mobile versions of the chatbot.
The rollout of these new features and enhancements is part of Meta’s effort to improve its AI capabilities and provide users with more tools and services. As the use of AI continues to grow, companies like Meta are working to develop and implement new technologies that can help users in various ways, such as planning trips or finding online stores.
Meta AI can spend up to several minutes collecting information about a user-specified topic, aggregating data from research papers, social networks, and other sources. Users can optionally have it visualize the retrieved data, making it easier to understand and analyze the information.
Meta AI can also inform users about events of interest and generate recurring alerts, such as daily weather updates. This new notification capability is part of the update, which is designed to make the chatbot more useful and user-friendly.
It is available now.
