The Increasingly Crowded AI App Sector
If you’re one of those people who likes to download all the new artificial intelligence model apps—Grok, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and so on—then prepare for another one. Meta Platforms is planning to launch a stand-alone app for its Meta AI chatbot, CNBC reported on Thursday. The company also plans to test a paid subscription version of the chatbot.
Launching a stand-alone app suggests that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has realized the existing distribution strategy of making Meta AI available through the company’s various social media apps isn’t enough to get people to use it. Consumers now have so many choices of AI chatbots—with similar capabilities—that it’s difficult to choose. At some point, there’ll be a shakeout. Who will be the survivors?