Facebook parent company Meta Platforms is set to unveil a new audio feature for its AI chatbot, featuring the voices of renowned actors including Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key. The company will announce this feature at its annual Connect conference this week.
Users will have the option to select a celebrity voice for Meta's ChatGPT-like digital assistant from a list of five. The feature will initially be available in the U.S. and other English-speaking markets across Meta's family of apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Meta is also expected to showcase a first version of its augmented-reality glasses at Connect and discuss its roadmap for other hardware devices like its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
This announcement comes as Meta continues to invest heavily in generative artificial intelligence. The company aims to compete with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google in dominating the emerging technology.
Meta's AI chatbot is currently capable of text chats and image generation. The company has experimented with adding celebrity-inspired "character" versions of the chatbot but has since shifted focus to an AI Studio product that enables content creators to create chatbot versions of themselves.
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