Access Meta AI from Europe

Annoyed by the block of Meta AI in Europe? A simple workaround helps: Using a VPN to connect via the United States.

You have to use a VPN. I am using Proton VPN, but I expect it works with any VPN service offering VPN servers in the US.

Troubleshooting

Sometimes this does not work, especially if you tried to access Meta AI from the same browser just before establishing the VPN connection. What worked on my machine is using a different browser to access it after the VPN connection is established.

Once connected, I open Meta AI in a new browser window, and I am no longer blocked from accessing it.

Now you are ready to start experimenting with Meta AI. The user experience is very similar to ChatGPT and other AI chat interfaces. On the left-hand side you can see your previous conversations, on the right is the conversation you are currently into or the start screen.

Here is a screenshot of the capabilities, according to Meta AI Chat:

Here are some ideas of what to try with Meta AI.

Alternative evaluation: LM Studio

If you still can’t access Meta AI from your location, even with a VPN, I suggest you look at LM Studio.

You can install LM Studio on your machine and download the large language models from Meta to your local machine (all in LM Studio). This way, you can still evaluate it without having access to the official Meta AI playground.

This is a screenshot of LMStudio running on my Macbook, having an AI chat conversation with the LLama 3.2 model.

I hope this helps.

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