Meta AI Could Get Its Own Standalone App Like ChatGPT

Meta AI could be finding a new home this year. The company is planning to release a standalone app for its generative AI chatbot sometime in the second quarter of 2025, according to CNBC, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Meta AI currently lives in its social media apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, and it's available through the web. But it doesn't have a standalone mobile or desktop apps, so creating one would be a big step forward for the company. It would also make Meta more competitive with OpenAI's ChatGPT. You can download the ChatGPT desktop and mobile apps (iOS and Android), or you can use it through your web browser. As an aside: After news of Meta's potential standalone app broke, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reposted the story, writing, "ok fine maybe we'll do a social app." Read more: Instagram May Spin Off Reels as a Standalone App, Report Says A Meta AI app might be helpful for folks who use the program regularly. When I reviewed M ... Read full article.