Meta AI launches dedicated Mac app with screen-sharing and dictation features

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Meta announced on Wednesday the launch of a dedicated Mac app for its AI chatbot, Meta AI. The app allows users to share their screen with the chatbot, which can then offer suggestions, answer questions, or generate content based on what it sees. It also supports dictation across all applications on the Mac. The move is part of Meta's broader push to position its AI assistant as a productivity tool. This puts Meta in more direct competition with rivals like Google Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude, which already offer desktop applications.

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