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Meta AI can now see and speak with celebrity voices

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new features at Meta’s Connect event on Wednesday. The chatbot can use them to better understand the world and provide faster responses, the company said.

Meta AI can respond to photos shared in chat and answer questions about what’s in them, according to the company. For example, if you take a photo of a bird and don’t know what kind it is, you can ask Meta AI to identify it. And the chatbot can now edit photos, including changing the background, removing objects from the image or adding accessories, among other tools.

Meta AI now also features celebrity voices such as Awkwafina, Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key and Kristen Bell. Voices can be selected as your chosen AI voice to answer you every time you ask the Meta AI something.

This isn’t the first time Meta AI has had celebrity voices available – but the last time it didn’t go so well and the feature was discontinued less than a year after launch. The company has signed deals with celebrities such as Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg, paying up to $5 million to use their voices for two years.

Meta ended up focusing on its new AI Studio, which Zuckerberg said was an important part of Meta’s vision to help people create their own AIs.

The new features come just as OpenAI is releasing Advanced Voice Mode. Similarly, the two features have a blue circle indicating voice interaction.

But unlike Meta, OpenAI has yet to find the celebrity voice feature. When the ChatGPT producer used a voice that sounded like Scarlet Johansson, his lawyer actress.

You can interact with the Meta AI voice activated WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagramand Messenger. Over the next month, the feature will roll out in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

According to the company, Meta is also experimenting with other features on its platforms, such as automatic video dubbing and lip syncing on Reels. These features should help users see more content in their preferred language and help creators reach more users around the world.

Meta AI also tests imagined content on Facebook and Instagram. Some images will be based on your interests, and others can feature you, the company said, “so you can be the star of your own story and share your favorites with your friends.”

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