Soon, the Meta
AI assistant will speak in the voices of celebrities. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, plans to announce deals this week with actors including Judi Dench, Kristen Bell and John Cena, according to a Reuters source. to use them to voice your AI chatbot.
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The list of celebrities whose voices can be selected for Meta AI will also include actress and singer Awkwafina and actor Keegan-Michael Key, an agency source said. According to him, the presentation of the new capabilities of the AI chatbot will take place at the annual Connect conference, which begins on Wednesday.
Meta is also expected to unveil the first version of its augmented reality glasses at the event and will talk about plans for other gadgets, including the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which were the first devices to receive support for an audio version of the Meta AI chatbot last year.
Celebrity voice selection for Meta AI will be available this week in the US and other English-speaking markets across the Meta family of apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
The Meta AI chatbot currently supports text chats and can generate images based on users’ requests. Last year, the company launched text-based versions of the chatbot with characters inspired by celebrities like Paris Hilton and Snoop Dogg, but the option doesn’t seem to have caught on with users. After this, Meta began using the AI Studio product, which allows content authors on its platforms to create chatbot characters in the form of themselves.