alt Hacker NewsThey've had AI-powered chat and search features in WhatsApp/Instagram/Facebook itself for a few years now.
2023-09: "Meta AI is a new assistant you can interact with like a person, available on WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram" - https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/introducing-ai-powered-ass...
2024-04: "You can use Meta AI in feed, chats, search and more across our apps" - https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/meta-ai-assistant-built-wi...
2024-09: "You can now use your voice to talk to Meta AI on Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram DM, and it’ll respond back to you out loud" - https://about.fb.com/news/2024/09/metas-ai-product-news-conn...
Meh those sound mostly like pilots and AFAIK most of this stuff didn't last long.
I agree that at some point it stopped being a pilot and started being a product. So not that interested in arguing exactly when that happened.