New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Meta is now introducing new features in Meta AI that allow small businesses to connect their Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta advertising campaigns and Google Workspace data. The company says the features can use that context to analyze performance, compare a business with similar brands, suggest changes and turn the findings into documents, presentations and spreadsheets.

The shift is important because it moves AI for small businesses beyond answering generic questions. The focus is increasingly on whether an AI system can work with the company's own data and reduce the manual work between finding an insight and acting on it.

Meta AI can now work with information from Facebook and Instagram accounts, includin...