Facebook unveils new free app to rival ChatGPT – here’s how you can be one of the first to get it
FACEBOOK has unveiled a new app to rival ChatGPT – and you can use it for free.
Meta has taken Silicon Valley by a storm after announcing the creation of the new AI app Llama 2.
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg launched his own version of the famous chatbot on Tuesday.
Creators say the groundbreaking invention is freely available to everyone for research and commercial purposes.
On Instagram Zuckerberg said: “[the app] gives researchers and businesses access to build with our next generation large language model as the foundation of their work.”
The complex software is an Artifical Intelligence tool made in partnership with Microsoft.
It is trained to learn billions of words scraped from the Internet.
Tech experts say the move could stir the competition between Zuckerberg and Open AI creator Sam Altman.
The app can be used to have questions and queries answered just like ChatGPT.
Users can ask the chatbot to summarise content and to provide any information from the Internet.
But critics have pointed out at the potential risks of the new Artificial Intelligence tool.
They claim the technology could be misused to create applications for drug use or sexually explicit chatbots.
However, Meta bosses are firm in their innovative creation and claim the new product will help small tech developers “to build new technology”.
Mark Zuckerberg added: “It also improves safety and security because when software is open, more people can scrutinise it to identify and fix potential issues.
“I believe it would unlock more progress if the ecosystem were more open, which is why we’re open sourcing Llama 2.”
The secret launch of its previous version named Llama was hindered after it got leaked online.
Llama2 can be downloaded for free directly from the company website, or from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Hugging Face.
The release comes as Brit workers feared they could lose their jobs because of tech advances and rise of AI.
A poll of 2,000 employed adults found 56 per cent are worried parts of their role could be made redundant following the recent rise of the AI platform.