Meta AI is getting a Mac app
Meta AI can create content and make suggestions based on what it “sees” on your screen. | Image: Meta 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-
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Will Meta AI's Mac app be available on the Mac App Store by August 22?
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Downloadable directly from the Meta AI website, the version 1.0 beta app weighs just 16MB and natively supports Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or higher.
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Meta is launching a new Mac app for its AI chatbot that can view what is on a user's screen and provide suggestions, answer questions, or create content based on that information. The app also supports dictation across all applications. This launch reflects Meta's effort to make its AI chatbot function more as a productivity-focused assistant to compete with rival AI products, many of which already have desktop applications. Along with the Mac app, Meta is introducing new capabilities allowing its AI to work directly with Instagram, Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace, enabling tasks like analyzing post performance and creating business documents.
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