Personal AI assistant

How to use
Meta AI.

Conversational research, recommendations, drafting, voice assistance, and image creation inside the Meta products people already use.

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Meta AI is a personal AI assistant across Meta apps, web, mobile, and connected devices. Conversational research, recommendations, drafting, voice assistance, and image creation inside the Meta products people already use. This guide covers the whole path in one place: official access, a first session that produces something reviewable, the checks that make output trustworthy, and the permissions worth limiting before you connect real work.

Troiana principle

AI should make the work easier to inspect. If the workflow removes the source, the owner, or the review step, redesign the workflow.

01

Access & setup

Find, install, and sign in to Meta AI

Get into the official Meta AI experience with the right account and a setup you understand.

  1. 01

    Start at https://www.meta.ai/ and confirm the domain before entering account or payment information.

  2. 02

    Availability: Meta AI is available on the web and through supported Meta experiences including its mobile app, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, and compatible Meta devices, with features varying by region and account.

  3. 03

    A supported region and device, the relevant Meta account or app, reviewed Accounts Center links and privacy controls, and permission for any microphone, camera, contacts, or personalization features used.

  4. 04

    Sign in with the account you intend to keep using, then review plan, data, notification, and permission settings.

  5. 05

    Run one low-risk test task before connecting sensitive files, repositories, or workspace data.

  • Use official download pages.
  • Review permissions during setup.
  • Keep installers and applications updated.
02

First session

Your first useful Meta AI session

Learn the interaction loop using a small task with a clear outcome.

  1. 01

    Choose the Meta AI surface and account whose history, profile, and personalization boundary fit the task.

  2. 02

    Review Accounts Center, AI memory, activity, ad, microphone, camera, and cross-product personalization settings.

  3. 03

    Ask one bounded question without private, regulated, or third-party information and request sources for factual claims.

  4. 04

    Verify important facts independently, inspect generated media carefully, and delete memories or conversation history you do not want retained.

  • State the outcome before the background.
  • Provide the real source material.
  • Review the result before expanding the task.
03

Quality control

Check the quality of Meta AI output

Turn a plausible draft into work you are willing to stand behind.

  1. 01

    Restate the original outcome and acceptance criteria before reviewing the response.

  2. 02

    Mark every factual claim, calculation, quotation, or figure that could materially affect the result.

  3. 03

    Check those items against the original source, a primary reference, or direct inspection.

  4. 04

    Ask the tool to list its assumptions and uncertainty, but never rely on self-review as the only check.

  5. 05

    Complete a human edit for relevance, tone, privacy, accessibility, and the exact delivery format.

  • Verify consequential claims independently.
  • Fluency is not accuracy; confident phrasing is not evidence.
  • Keep a record of sources and review decisions.
04

Privacy & permissions

Use Meta AI safely

Use the platform productively without giving it unnecessary access or authority.

  1. 01

    Classify the task and its data before uploading or connecting anything.

  2. 02

    Review the product, account, organisation, retention, and training settings that apply to you.

  3. 03

    Grant the narrowest file, workspace, microphone, screen, or integration permissions needed.

  4. 04

    Remove secrets and personal or regulated information unless your approved policy explicitly permits it.

  5. 05

    Review the output and revoke permissions or disconnect sources that are no longer needed.

  • Meta AI can personalize from conversations, remembered details, account activity, and linked Meta products; Meta also uses eligible AI interactions to personalize content and ads in supported regions. Features and privacy modes differ by surface and rollout. Avoid sensitive or third-party data, review Accounts Center links and memory, understand whether an Incognito Chat is actually active, verify recommendations and generated media, and do not treat conversational output as professional advice.
  • Follow your organisation's approved-use policy.
  • Never treat fluent output as authorization to act.
05

Core workflows

Step-by-step ways to use Meta AI for the work it does best.

Each workflow is a separate guide with its own steps and review checkpoints.

01 WorkflowResearch a decision with Meta AI

Use conversational search and personalization without confusing recommendations, social signals, and generated synthesis with verified evidence.

 02 WorkflowCreate and publish media responsibly with Meta AI

Develop an image concept while controlling likeness rights, factual implications, disclosure, and the boundary between private creation and social sharing.

06

Official references

Check the current product documentation.

Features, plan limits, availability, and data controls change. These official pages are the starting points used for this guide.

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