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Meta this week introduced the first version of its AI assistant built with Llama 4 and featuring voice conversation at the forefront.

It also features a Discover Feed that enables users to explore how others are utilizing AI.

Meta is the first AI company to add a social component to its chatbot. Across the industry, AI chatbots and social media are converging. Elon Musk’s X has already integrated closely with Grok. OpenAI, meanwhile, is planning to add a social feed to ChatGPT.

The new Meta AI app is connected to meta.ai and serves as a companion app for its Ray-Ban AI glasses.

“While speaking with AI using your voice isn’t new, we’ve improved our underlying model with Llama 4 to bring you responses that feel more personal and relevant, and more conversational in tone. And the app integrates with other Meta AI features like image generation and editing, which can now all be done through a voice or text conversation with your AI assistant,” explained the company.

Currently, people use Meta AI daily across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

 

 

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OpenAI upgraded its web search tool in the default model of ChatGPT, GPT-4, with shopping features and product recommendations, which include direct links to web pages where users can purchase products, although the company won’t receive any kickback from users’ purchases.

These results are related to categories like fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics. They surface when a user query implies shopping intent, such as “gifts for someone who loves cooking,” the company announced this week.

The shopping outcomes will be based on structured metadata from third-party sources, including pricing, product descriptions, and reviews.

“These products are chosen independently and are not ads,” said the company. Any merchant can appear in the ChatGPT search as long as it has a discoverable site that is not blocking a web crawler called OAI-SearchBot.

Web owners might need to update theirrobots.txt file to ensure OAI-SearchBot has access.

“Publishers who allow OAI-SearchBotto access their content, can track referral traffic from ChatGPT using analytics platforms such as Google Analytics. ChatGPT automatically includes the UTM parameter utm_source=chatgpt.com in referral URLs, enabling clear tracking and analysis of inbound traffic from ChatGPT search results.”

OpenAI ensured that this web crawler was not used to train its AI foundation models with content.

Online shopping is one of Google’s most important businesses. Now, OpenAI is attempting to compete with rival Google by creating a more personalized experience for finding products and information on the internet.

Shopping

We’re experimenting with making shopping simpler and faster to find, compare, and buy products in ChatGPT.

✅ Improved product results
✅ Visual product details, pricing, and reviews
✅ Direct links to buy

Product results are chosen independently and are not ads.… pic.twitter.com/PkZwsTxJUj

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 28, 2025