How Meta Integrates AI Search into Chatbots
Reports suggest that Meta may be developing its own search tool for Meta AI, aiming to reduce its dependence on Google and Bing for web searches within its AI chatbot. This move could enhance Meta's data-gathering capabilities, supporting its ambitions to build real-time AI-driven insights across its platforms—particularly valuable for Threads, where up-to-date information on evolving news stories could boost engagement.
When Meta launched its Meta AI chatbot last September, it highlighted a partnership with Bing to provide real-time information in responses, linking directly to Bing search results. By April, Meta extended this functionality with Google, also linking to Google search replies for expanded responses.
However, according to The Information, Meta is now exploring the crea...