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Meta AI , Meta ’s AI - power assistant across Facebook , Instagram , Messenger and the web , can now speak in more oral communication and create stylize selfies . And , begin today , Meta AI users can route questions to Meta ’s newest flagship AI mannequin , Llama 3.1 405B , which the troupe says can handle more complex interrogation than the previous model support Meta AI .
The question is whether the enhancements will be enough to meliorate the overall Meta AI experience , which many reviewers , including TechCrunch ’s Devin Coldewey , discover incredibly underwhelming at launching . The other iterations of Meta AI struggle with facts , numbers and web hunt , often failing to complete basic chore like looking up recipes and airfare .
Llama 3.1 405B could make a difference , potentially . Meta claims that the novel mannequin is particularly adept at maths and coding questions , making it well - befit for assistance with math prep problem , explaining scientific concepts , computer code debugging and so on .
However , there ’s a collar . Meta AI user have to manually switch to Llama 3.1 405B in ordering to use it , and they ’re limited to a sure issue of queries each week before Meta AI automatically switch over to a less - capable model ( Llama 3.1 70B ) .
Meta ’s tag the Llama 3.1 405B integration as a “ preview ” for the time being .
Generative selfies
There ’s another new generative AI model besides Llama 3.1 405B in Meta AI , and it powers the selfie feature .
The model , call in Imagine Yourself , creates images based on a photo of a person and a prompt like “ opine me surfing ” or “ suppose me on a beach vacation . ” Available in beta , Imagine Yourself can be invoked in Meta AI by typewrite “ Imagine me ” followed by anything that is n’t NSFW .
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Meta did n’t say which data was used to train reckon Yourself , but the company ’s term of function make it percipient thatpublic posts and images on its platforms are fair plot . That policy — and the knotty opt - out process — has n’t sat well with all users .
New languages and Quest support
Meta AI is also replacing the Meta Quest ’s VR headset ’s Voice Commands feature , with the rollout schedule for next calendar month in the U.S. and Canada in “ observational mode . ” Users will be capable to use Meta AI with passthrough enabled to expect questions about thing in their physical surroundings , Meta says , for example , “ Look and tell me what sort of top would complete this kit ” while holding up a twain of short circuit .
As of today , Meta AI is useable in 22 countries , Meta enunciate — new addition include Argentina , Chile , Colombia , Ecuador , Mexico , Peru and Cameroon . The supporter now supports French , German , Hindi , Hindi - Romanized Script , Italian , Lusitanian and Spanish , and Meta promises more words are on the way .
