Meta’s AI launches in Latin America, but Brazil is left out; see why

Meta’s AI is reaching more countries this Tuesday (23), becoming available in seven new languages ​​to create images, solve math problems and many other tasks. Despite the launch in Latin America, The technology is not yet available in Brazil.as announced by the tech giant.

The new virtual assistant can be accessed at: In addition to the web version, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsAppAs Meta explains, it has the ability to “bring creative ideas to life and expand your knowledge” by generating visuals from textual descriptions to add to messages and posts.

The AI, powered by the new Llama 3.1 405B language model available to Brazilian developers, also Image editing features to remove and replace people and objects and help you perform different types of searchesAccording to the company, he understands the most complex questions and has a good command of technical and scientific concepts.

Solve math problems and code quickly with explanations and feedback debugging support and other capabilities. Meta’s AI will soon be available in Meta Quest, replacing the current voice commands; initial release in the United States and Canada in August.

Why didn’t Brazil get Meta’s AI?

In this new expansion, Meta AI is now available in French, Spanish, Hindi, Hindi romanized, German, Italian, and PortugueseIt has arrived to users of the company’s applications in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Cameroon and Mexico, among other countries, with the promise of updates every two weeks.

The holding company led by Mark Zuckerberg claimed the following regarding its absence in Brazil: regulatory challengesThe difficulty relates to the decision of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) prohibiting the company from collecting user data on national territory for privacy reasons.

“Meta’s AI is not yet available in Brazil due to local regulatory uncertainties. We will continue to work in collaboration with local authorities to ensure access for Brazil. “We will be served with the same level of AI innovation we have brought to other countries, including Latin America — and appropriately so,” Big Tech wrote in a statement.