Meta's AI Can Now Talk To You In the Voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench 11
At its Connect event earlier this week, Meta said it'll be adding conversational voices to its AI chatbot from celebrities like Awkwafina, John Cena, Dame Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key and Kristen Bell. The Verge reports: These celebrity voices will only be available to US users of Meta's apps to start. And if you prefer a voice that is a little more mundane, you can also pick from non-celeb voices with names like "Aspen," "Atlas," or "Clover." [...] Meta is explicitly announcing celebrity partnerships, which likely involve payment or some other deal. Meta hasn't shared those details, but the company has paid each celebrity "millions of dollars" for their voices, according to The Wall Street Journal. And in negotiations, some of the people reportedly wanted to limit what their voices could say and to make sure they weren't liable if Meta AI was used. [...]
Meta's AI updates aren't just about voice conversations. Its chatbot will also now "answer questions about your photos" when you upload images. Send a picture of a cake, ask how to make it, and it'll grab you a recipe that hopefully does just that. And if you want something "added, changed, or removed" from an image, Meta says you can describe anything from "changing your outfit to replacing the background with a rainbow," and it'll carry out that request.
Meta's AI updates aren't just about voice conversations. Its chatbot will also now "answer questions about your photos" when you upload images. Send a picture of a cake, ask how to make it, and it'll grab you a recipe that hopefully does just that. And if you want something "added, changed, or removed" from an image, Meta says you can describe anything from "changing your outfit to replacing the background with a rainbow," and it'll carry out that request.
Surely they can do better. (Score:1)
Re: Surely they can do better. (Score:2)
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Gilbert was famous for taking mini shampoo bottles and soap from hotels, so the answer is yes.
john cena says vote trump! (Score:2)
john cena says vote trump!
Manufacturing celebrity (Score:1)
Not buying it. Maybe try to sell it in Haiti. Oh wait!
who? (Score:2)
I've honestly never heard of these people.
Maybe I should get out more. :/
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No, don't,
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A B-list actor, a not-that-great rapper, and some other dude. Probably they were first or cheapest to reply, from a list that a statistically-diverse group of Facebook employees picked.
This is aimed at people who don't "get out". People for whom talking to an AI is appealing. Not quite the stereotype "basement dweller" nerd - think empty-nester grandparents, lonely middle-aged plumbers, and incel types.
If nothing else, Facebook knows their market - intimately.
Not as advertised (Score:1)
\o/ (Score:1)
There's at least one bank I know of which uses voice fingerprinting as a password for phone banking.