Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs
Although Threads users in select markets could already interact with Meta AI in public posts, like people can with Grok on X, this new integration lets users talk with the AI assistant privately. By giving users an easier way to talk to an AI chatbot, Meta is looking to keep users within its ecosystem, with an eye towards discouraging them from using third-party assistants like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google Gemini. Meta AI is already available within DMs on Meta’s other platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
- ▪Although Threads users in select markets could already interact with Meta AI in public posts, like people can with Grok on X, this new integration lets users talk with the AI assistant privately.
- ▪By giving users an easier way to talk to an AI chatbot, Meta is looking to keep users within its ecosystem, with an eye towards discouraging them from using third-party assistants like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google Gemini.
- ▪Meta AI is already available within DMs on Meta’s other platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ All Threads users can now DM Meta AI — Engadget
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In Brief Posted: 9:45 AM PDT · July 27, 2026 Image Credits:Matthias Balk/picture alliance (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Aisha Malik Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads’ DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI assistant. Although Threads users in select markets could already interact with Meta AI in public posts, like people can with Grok on X, this new integration lets users talk with the AI assistant privately. By giving users an easier way to talk to an AI chatbot, Meta is looking to keep users within its ecosystem, with an eye towards discouraging them from using third-party assistants like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google Gemini.
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