Meta* to buy voice cloning startup
By ForGeeks Besides strengthening its AI research team, Meta* appears to be actively developing consumer AI features. According to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, the company is in talks to buy a voice cloning startup called Play AI.
Sources say the tech giant wants to acquire the startup’s technology and bring in some of its employees.
According to the Play AI website, the platform allows anyone to clone different voices for use in AI tasks such as customer service. The startup has raised a total of $23.5 million in investment. Its investors include 500 Startups, Kindred Ventures, Race Capital, 500 Global, and Soma Capital.
Some of the investors include 500 Startups, Kindred Ventures, Race Capital, 500 Global, and Soma Capital.
For now, Meta* already allows content creators on its platforms to create their own chatbots and offers video editing features in its Meta* AI chatbot. The acquisition of the voice startup will allow the company to incorporate audio features into its creative toolkit.
The acquisition of the voice startup will allow the company to introduce audio features into its creative toolkit.
* Owned by Meta, the company is recognized as an extremist organization in Russia and its activities are banned.
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