Meta launches its AI chatbot in the UK on Facebook and Instagram

Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, presents the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses together with mixed martial artist Brandon Moreno, at company HQ in Menlo Park, California, US, in September. Photograph: Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has launched its artificial intelligence assistant in the UK, alongside AI-boosted sunglasses modelled by Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta’s AI assistant, which can generate text and images, is now available on its social media platforms in the UK and Brazil, having already been launched in the US and Australia.