Meta is reportedly planning a standalone AI chatbot app

Group 1 - Meta plans to release a standalone app for its AI assistant, Meta AI, to compete with AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini [1] - The standalone Meta AI app could launch as soon as the next fiscal quarter (April-June) [1] - Meta AI currently has over 700 million active monthly users and is part of the company's strategy to dominate the AI space [2] Group 2 - Meta is testing a paid subscription service for Meta AI that will add unspecified capabilities [2] - The company has released "open" models like Llama to foster an ecosystem that rivals OpenAI's [2] - Meta plans to host its first AI-focused developer conference, LlamaCon, in late April [3]