Meta's Facebook Messenger Faces Outage Amid AI Model Launch
Facebook Messenger down? Meta users report problems - Downdetector
The Economic Times
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Facebook Messenger is experiencing outages reported by users since Wednesday morning, with issues noted from 11:16 AM (EDT). Concurrently, Meta has launched a new AI model, Muse Spark, aimed at enhancing its applications including Messenger, although it is currently only available in the United States.
- 01Facebook Messenger has been down since Wednesday morning, starting at 11:16 AM (EDT).
- 02Users are facing issues with the instant messaging platform.
- 03Meta has launched a new AI model called Muse Spark.
- 04Muse Spark is designed to enhance Meta's applications, including Messenger.
- 05The AI model is currently only available in the United States.
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Facebook Messenger, the instant messaging platform owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., is currently experiencing outages reported by users since 11:16 AM (EDT) on Wednesday. Users have reported difficulties in sending messages, photos, and making voice calls. The outage comes as Meta has simultaneously announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark, which is designed to be smarter and faster than its predecessor, Llama 4. This new AI model aims to enhance various Meta applications, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. However, Muse Spark is currently only available in the United States. The model is touted for its ability to reason through complex questions in fields such as science, math, and health, and is part of Meta's ongoing efforts to improve its AI capabilities.
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The outage affects users' ability to communicate via Messenger, which could disrupt personal and business communications.
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