Meta says it is rolling out improvements to Meta AI, including the ability to tap profile data from Meta's various apps.

Meta is giving its AI assistant a better “memory” in an effort to make the chatbot more useful. The company’s latest AI update allows the assistant to “remember certain details that you share with it in 1:1 chat” and uses your past activity on Facebook and Instagram to make more personalized recommendations.

The company also said it was working to resolve an issue where some words, including "Democrats" and "Republican," were blocked from Instagram search.

Meta said Facebook and Instagram users were not forced to follow Trump but that unfollowing the new White House accounts 'might take some time.'

In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively, is now raising funds on

It said follow and unfollow requests may take time as the accounts switch hands to the new Trump administration.

Some users are wondering how to quit the platforms now that Meta is relaxing rules on harmful content such as hate speech and abandoning its fact checking program and replacing it with

Meta is courting TikTok influencers hard, hoping to turn Instagram Reels into the go-to place for short-form video in the United States. Digital Music News first reported on Meta’s cash incentives last week—now Business Insider has seen the contracts.

Meta AI will curate responses based on the information you've supplied across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, but you can delete that data.

Meta AI introduces new features, including Memory Boost and personalised recommendations, to provide more relevant responses and suggestions.