Zuck Just Dropped Meta AI
A new AI social media
So, while everyone’s still playing with GPT-4o and pretending they’ll switch to Perplexity, Zuckerberg just quietly shipped an AI assistant that lives inside your apps, wears your sunglasses, and makes ChatGPT feel like old news.
Let’s talk about Meta AI — the new app from Meta that dropped this week, and why it’s a game-changer (no, for real this time).
📱 What is Meta AI?
Meta AI is Zuck’s answer to ChatGPT — but instead of just being a chatbot, it’s baked into Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and now even has its own standalone app.
You can:
Ask it anything (text or voice).
Generate images in real time.
Remix prompts like TikTok duets.
See what your friends are asking it. (Yes, there’s a “feed.”)
And the wild part? It’s free. No paywall, no tokens.
👀 The Discover Feed: Prompting Goes Social
You know how people post Spotify Wrapped like it’s a personality test?
Meta’s betting people will do the same with AI prompts.
There’s now a Discover tab where you can:
See how your friends are using Meta AI.
Remix their prompts like you’re on VSCO in 2014.
Turn your late-night dumb questions into social content.
It’s weirdly addictive, but also low-key genius — AI is no longer a tool. It’s a thing you share.
🕶️ Ray-Ban Integration: Jarvis?
If you bought the Ray-Ban Meta glasses (no shame), your AI assistant now lives in them.
That means:
You can talk to Meta AI hands-free.
Translate stuff IRL.
Get visual info on the world around you.
Generate images on the fly with your voice.
So yeah — we’re in our Iron Man era, apparently.
🗣️ Voice Mode Feels Like Talking to a Real Person
This one feels like sci-fi.
If you’re in the US, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, Meta AI now supports full-duplex voice mode. That means:
No more taking turns.
It speaks at the same time as you like a real conversation.
You can interrupt it. It won’t get salty.
Zuck demoed this last week and people thought it was staged. It wasn’t.
🧠 Smart, Personal, and Slightly Creepy
Meta AI remembers things. Like:
Your dietary preferences.
Where you want to travel.
How much you like memes about 2009 Tumblr.
It lives across apps, so it has context. And while Meta promises it’s private, let’s be honest — this is Meta. It knows your vibe before you do.
🛠️ Why Devs Are Paying Attention Too
Zuck also announced LlamaCon — a new dev conference focused on open-source Llama models. (Yes, that’s the real name.)
Between Llama 3, the Meta AI launch, and glasses that actually do stuff, Meta’s building an ecosystem that’s suddenly hard to ignore. It's giving “open-source Apple,” minus the cult following.
Final Take
Zuck just turned Meta from the boomer app company into an interesting AI player in the game.
If you’ve been sleeping on Meta — or just assumed Threads was their last big swing — wake up.
And whether you love it or hate it, you’re probably going to use it.
TL;DR
Meta AI is now live across Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and its own app.
You can talk to it, generate stuff, and share prompts like social posts.
It now powers Ray-Ban smart glasses.
It’s fast, fun, and surprisingly ahead of the curve.
-Josep
