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Meta ’s AI assistant , Meta AI , is getting a new part fashion of sorts .
At theMeta Connect 2024 developer conferencein Menlo Park on Wednesday morning time , Meta denote that Meta AI can now respond back to questions out loud across platforms where it ’s available : Instagram , Messenger , WhatsApp , and Facebook . you’re able to pick out from several voice , include the AI clones of celebrities that Meta hired for the purpose : Awkwafina , Dame Judi Dench , John Cena , Keegan - Michael Key , and Kristen Bell .
The new Meta AI voice feature is n’t like OpenAI’sAdvanced Voice ModeforChatGPT , which is highly expressive and can blame up on affectional tone in a person ’s voice . Rather , it ’s akin to Google ’s recently launchedGemini Live , which transcribes speech before have an AI answer it and study the answer aloud using a synthetic voice .
Meta ’s betting the high - visibility gift will make a difference ; according to The Wall Street Journal , it paid one thousand thousand for the use of the celebrity likenesses . Color us skeptical , but we ’ll earmark legal opinion until we get to strain it ourselves .
In other Meta AI update , the helper can now take apart images thanks to an upgrade to the fundamental AI models that power the experience . In regions where it ’s bear out , you may , for example , portion out a scene of a blossom you see and ask Meta AI what form it is . Or you may upload a photo of a dish and request instructions on how to make it . ( Bear in judgement you ’ll occasionally getwrong answers . )
Meta also say it ’s piloting a Meta AI translation tool to mechanically translate voices in Instagram Reels . The tool dubs a creator ’s speech and car - lip - syncs it , simulating the voice in another language and ensure the lip movements match .
Meta says that it ’s starting with “ small mental testing ” of Reels rendering on Instagram and Facebook , only with some creators ’ video recording from Latin America in the U.S. in English and Spanish for now .
