WhatsApp for Android may soon let you choose the llama model for Meta AI

WhatsApp for Android is reportedly working on a new feature that will let users choose the Large Language Model Meta AI (Llama) 3 model to power the Meta AI chatbot. On Thursday, a feature tracker claimed that the feature is currently in development and is not available to beta testers. The feature will reportedly let users choose between the Llama 3-70B AI model and the Llama 3-405B AI model. The latter model will reportedly be available for a limited number of prompts.

WhatsApp may introduce option to choose AI model

According to WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo, the new feature was spotted in WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.24.14.7. However, it is currently not visible and beta testers cannot interact with it. This feature builds on the recent introduction of the Meta AI chatbot in the app and allows users to choose between the smaller Llama 3-70B model and the newest and larger Llama 3-405B model.

WhatsApp’s Meta Llama Model Feature
Photo credit: WABetaInfo

In a screenshot shared by the feature tracker, a new settings menu can be seen titled Meta Llama Model. This space allows users to choose the AI ​​model. The options listed above are shown with the Llama 3-70B model listed as the “faster” model and the Llama 3-405B model listed as “Better for more complex prompts.”

A block of text below it states: “Check out the 405B model for a limited number of prompts per week. Once you reach the limit, you can continue your conversations using the 70B model.”

Notably, the Llama 3-405B AI model has not yet been released to the public. When it released the 8B and 70B Llama 3 models in April, Meta said it was still training the family’s largest model with 400 billion parameters. If the information about the new WhatsApp feature is true, it’s likely that the company plans to fine-tune the model based on user interactions.

As mentioned in an earlier report, Meta has already confirmed that it trains its AI models with user data during interactions with its AI chatbots.