Menlo Park, California — April 29, 2025
Meta Platforms has announced a standalone AI app powered by its Llama 4 large language model, aiming to push its AI ambitions beyond prior integrations with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
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The app introduces features like a “discover” feed — which lets users see how others are using AI — and a voice‐mode that allows spoken interactions. Users can link their Facebook and Instagram accounts to personalize responses based on their social media context.
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The launch came during Meta’s first AI developer conference, LlamaCon, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Their discussion covered AI’s rapid pace of development, its potential to boost productivity, and comparisons to past technological shifts — for example, how long it took electricity to reshape industry.
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Nadella emphasized that for AI’s promise to be realized, it must drive not just new tools but changes in software, management, and how organizations operate. Zuckerberg acknowledged the hype surrounding AI but framed the new app and tools as steps toward longer‐term economic impacts.
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