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Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot. In an announcement on Wednesday, Meta says you can share your window with its AI chatbot, which can provide suggestions, answer questions, or create content based on what’s on your screen. Meta AI on the Mac also supports dictation across all apps.
The launch comes as Meta makes its AI chatbot more like a productivity-focused assistant to better compete with its AI rivals — many of which already have desktop apps. You can share your window with Google’s Gemini AI app, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude apps take things a step further by allowing the chatbots to take control of your computer.
You can use Meta AI for dictation across other apps as well. GIF: Meta
Along with the new app, Meta is introducing new AI capabilities for businesses and creators. The company says its app across the web, on mobile, and on Mac can now work directly with Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace.
As an example, Meta says its AI chatbot can analyze the reach of posts, along with their likes, shares, and saves, to make suggestions about what to post next. The app can also pull information from a business’s account and the web to create decks, docs, and spreadsheets, as well as perform recurring tasks, like providing weekly performance updates.