{"id":8383,"date":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/judi-dench-john-cena-and-other-celebrities-to-voice-meta-ai-chatbot\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","slug":"judi-dench-john-cena-and-other-celebrities-to-voice-meta-ai-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/judi-dench-john-cena-and-other-celebrities-to-voice-meta-ai-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Judi Dench, John Cena and other celebrities to voice Meta AI chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dame Judi Dench, John Cena and Awkwafina will all voice Meta AI &#8211; the artificial intelligence being rolled out by Instagram and Facebook owner Meta.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an update to its Llama model, people will now be able to interact with <strong>Meta<\/strong> AI &#8211; the company&#8217;s <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong>-like chatbot &#8211; by speaking and getting responses from the celebrities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-outbrain\" data-target=\"\" data-widget-mapping=\"\" data-installation-keys=\"\">    <\/div>\n<p>Frozen&#8217;s Kristen Bell and comedian Keegan-Michael Key will also be options.<\/p>\n<p>During Meta&#8217;s annual Connect conference, chief executive <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> also showed off Orion, a set of smart glasses he described as &#8220;the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As well as Orion, he showed off the updates to a pair of smart glasses Meta has developed with Ray-Ban, which will now be able to do live translation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>While wearing them, Mr Zuckerberg spoke in English to Mexican martial artist Brandon Moreno replying in Spanish &#8211; the conversation was translated in real time.<\/p>\n<p>People can also dub their videos in another language so that it looks like they are speaking natively &#8211; even going so far as changing the movement of their lips to match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are trying to build a future that is more open, more accessible, more natural, and more about human connection,&#8221; Mr Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the continuation of the values and ideas that we have brought to the apps and technology that we have built over Meta&#8217;s first 20 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An AI update aimed at influencers allows them to craft AI versions of themselves so they can interact with fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/>UK and allies issue alert over huge China-backed botnet<br \/>Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX for $15m<\/strong><br \/><strong>AI taught how to spot buildings and settlements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meta AI now has 500 million users, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Goldman, of the research firm Emarketer, called the number &#8220;jaw-dropping&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meta has transformed from just a social media company into an AI powerhouse,&#8221; 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