Day 26 · 15 minutes
Meta AI
Ask AI questions from the apps you check anyway.
~15 min read + 10 min hands-on1 Why this tool matters
Meta AI is built into WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and Facebook — and is free. For quick questions during a chat, image understanding on a photo you just took, and multilingual help on the go, it is the AI with the lowest activation energy. You don't open an app; it is already there.
2 Walkthrough
- On your phone, open WhatsApp. Tap New chat → Meta AI.
- Ask it a quick question: What is the capital of Uruguay, and give me one interesting fact about it?
- Take a photo of a receipt or a plant. Attach it. Ask: What is this, and how do I care for it? (or: Itemize this receipt.)
- In Instagram, tap the search bar and ask Meta AI a question about a trend.
- Try a creative generation: Write me a poem about being 45 and learning AI tools.
3 Your turn
Today’s exercise
Spend one full day (today) asking Meta AI every casual question you would normally Google. Notice the shape of answers. Decide which questions are worth the weight of a full chatbot conversation and which are fine here.
4 Pro tip
Worth keeping
Meta AI is chatty and less careful than Claude or ChatGPT. Never use it for anything high-stakes (medical, legal, financial). It is the casual tier of your AI stack.
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