A future Meta ai product could let you chat with celebrities. According to ai-voice-projects?sref=10lNAhZ9″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Bloomberg;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Bloomberg and technology/meta-ai-celebrity-voices.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The New York Times;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>The New York TimesThe company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench, and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities from various Hollywood agencies, for its ai projects. The company reportedly intends to incorporate their voices into a generative conversational digital assistant called MetaAI, which is similar to Siri and Google Assistant.
Meta plans to record their voices and secure the right to use them in as many situations as possible on facebook, Messenger, instagram, WhatsApp and even Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Bloomberg He says negotiations have started and stopped many times, because both sides can't seem to agree on terms of use. For now, they seem to have agreed on a time limit, meaning that any voices the company records can only be used for a certain period. However, agreements with actors could be renewed or extended when their contract ends.
Representatives for the actors are still trying to negotiate stricter limits, though SAG-AFTRA has reportedly reached an agreement with Meta on the terms. If you recall, SAG-AFTRA fought for provisions to protect actors from the threat of job loss due to ai when it went on strike last year. Under those terms, a company will have to pay actors and get their consent before it can use their ai-generated likeness. If Meta reaches an agreement with the actors it is negotiating with, it could pay them millions of dollars in fees.
Meta is looking to close deals ahead of its Connect conference in September, The times At the same event last year, the company also unveiled a chatbot platform featuring 28 “characters” voiced by celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Dwyane Wade and Kendall Jenner. ai-chatbots-that-fell-flat-with-users%3Frc%3Dwhf0fd” class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The Information;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The Information;elmt:;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Information Meta has reportedly just quietly scrapped that project and celebrity chatbot pages on facebook and instagram are no longer available.
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