(Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched a separate app for its Meta AI assistant, similar to those offered by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google. The standalone app comes as Meta looks to boost the AI assistant's usage,

The artificial intelligence tool uses the fourth iteration of Meta’s Llama model, which Meta has touted as being more cost-efficient than competitors like ChatGPT and Gemini.

Previously available within Meta's apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Meta AI powered by the Llama 4 model gets its own app