Meta AI
by Meta
At a glance
Meta's AI assistant for chat, search, and image generation, integrated across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and the web.
chatbot assistant multimodal
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- AI Assistants
- Business model
- Free
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023-09
Overview
Meta AI is Meta's assistant, integrated into WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook, and also available as a standalone app and website. It is built on the Llama model family and is free to use. It answers questions, generates images, and works directly inside chats across Meta's apps.
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Key features
- Built on Meta's Llama model family
- Integrated into WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook
- Image generation and editing in chat
- Voice conversations and web-grounded answers
Use cases
- Quick questions and summaries inside messaging apps
- Generating images in conversations and posts
- Everyday information lookup without leaving Meta's apps
Pricing
Meta AI is free to use within Meta's apps and on the web.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-07-30
- Founded
- 2004
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/meta-ai/
Selection profile
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Derived from the record: category "ai-assistants".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
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The record does not state whether a public API exists.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
Suggest a correction - Billing
- Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Where it runs
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- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta AI free?
Yes. Meta AI is free to use across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, and the web.
Which models power Meta AI?
Meta AI is built on Meta's Llama model family, which is also released with open weights for developers.
Where can I use Meta AI?
Meta AI is available inside WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook, and as a standalone app and website.
Who should not choose Meta AI?
Anyone who needs vendor documentation or a price page confirmed: every URL on this record, including meta.ai, returned 403 to the fetch, so none is recorded.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-07-30.
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