Meta AI vs ChatGPT: Mark Zuckerberg Says Firm’s Llama-Powered Assistant Achieves 400 Million Monthly Active Users, Gives Competition to OpenAI’s Chatbot
OpenAI's ChatGPT with 200 million weekly active users is creeped up by Meta AI assistant powered by Llama LLM boasting 400 million MAUs. Both AI companies confirmed these figures.
San Francisco, August 31: ChatGPT was one of the powerful AI chatbots introduced in 2022 which significantly changed how humans interacted with artificial intelligence. OpenAI's first AI chatbot became a hit among the people who tried it out and made headlines worldwide. Although it was not a the first AI chatbot in the market, it was the one that offered more accurate and needed information to the users at that time.
Amid the AI advancement, other significant players, including Gemini (previously known as Google Bard), xAI's Grok AI, and Meta AI powered by Llama 3 and 3.1 LLMs, joined the race. Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta recently announced its Llama 3.1 large language model that offered advanced performance compared to the existing models in the market. ‘Remarkable Alexa’: Amazon Developing New Improved AI Assistant Powered by Anthropic’s Claude AI, Launch Expected in October 2024.
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In his recent post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Llama LLM was growing faster than expected. It witnessed over 350 million downloads in August compared to July 2024. He mentioned, "a 10x jump in monthly usage since the start of the year." Further, Zuckerberg said that his company would soon announce the next set of updates and Llama models.
Reports said Meta AI was in a close contest with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The Information said in its report that Meta AI assistant had around 400 MAU (monthly active users) and 40 million daily users. The report said Mark Zuckerberg wished to see Meta AI, integrated into Meta platforms, rise and become the "most used AI assistant" at the end of the year.
This staggering figure comes after a report mentioned that OpenAI ChatGPT had around 200 million weekly users, which the company also confirmed. The report highlighted that this would mean that the Microsoft-backed OpenAI added nearly 100 million users in less than a year. On the other hand, Meta released open-source and customisable models, allowing more people to use them. IndiaAI Innovation Challenge: MeitY Invites Innovators, Researchers and Entrepreneurs To Unlock Potentials of AI for Nation’s Growth.
Most Meta Apps support the Meta AI assistant, and users can generate text and images. While there might be some competition to OpenAI's ChatGPT model as Meta's chatbot has been pushed towards nearly 3 billion users worldwide. However, the 400 million mark achieved by Mark Zuckerberg's AI assistant out of 3 billion total users reportedly hit lower than expected.
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