The umbrella company behind platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp Meta, Hollywood celebrities are offered millions of dollars to use their voices.
Meta, which has recently made major investments in productive artificial intelligence systems, “Meta AI” system, he is in talks with many Hollywood celebrities, including Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key. It is reported that behind these talks Adding new voices to Meta’s AI-powered voice assistants. Sharing a news on this subject Bloombergnegotiations between the company and celebrities started and stopped many times because both parties could not agree on the terms of use. It is reported that the parties have agreed on a time limit at this stage. Accordingly, Meta will only be able to use the audio it records for a certain period of time. According to the news, the agreements made with Hollywood celebrities will be renewable or extendable when the contracts expire. Meta had previously made headlines with its last quarter results. The parent company made $39 billion in revenue and $13.5 billion in profit in the last quarter. The company’s revenues in the last quarter were 22 percent higher than the same period of the previous year, and its profit margin was 73 percent higher. According to the statement made by the company as part of the quarterly discussions, 3.27 billion people currently use at least one of the Meta applications every day.
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