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Saturday, Aug 3

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Meta Seeks A-List Hollywood Celebrities To Voice AI Tools

www.benzinga.com

Meta is said to be offering millions to Hollywood stars for the rights to use their voices in AI projects.

Meta courts celebs like Awkwafina to voice AI assistants ahead of Meta Connect

www.theverge.com

Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina are among multiple “actors and influencers” whose voices could become part of Meta’s AI offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company is apparently working to wrap up deals quickly so it…

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Meta Offers Millions to Awkwafina, Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key to Use Their Voices for AI

www.thewrap.com

The negotiations show the potential threat to workers and opportunities sought by companies from machine learning tools

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Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta boosted capex by 50% to a total of $106B in H1 2024, as they build AI infrastructure and pledge more investment hikes (Financial Times)

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Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta boosted capex by 50% to a total of $106B in H1 2024, as they build AI infrastructure and pledge more investment hikes — Technology stocks have been volatile as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google report…

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Meta is reportedly offering millions to use Hollywood voices in AI projects

www.engadget.com

A future artificial intelligence product by Meta could have you chatting with celebrities. According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, the company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities…

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META settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas

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The largest settlement ever obtained from a legal action brought by a single state.

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Meta guarantees uninterrupted livestream for tomorrow’s ‘Himpunan Pembebasan Palestin’ rally, says Fahmi

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) has assured the government that the ‘live’ broadcast of the ‘Himpunan Pe...

Meta AI’s false facts about Trump shooting are part of a disturbing trend

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Here we go again: Another election — another round of Big Tech suppressing perfectly true information and skewing facts in a way that helps . . . Democrats.

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Meta Wants To Use The Voices Of Hollywood Celebrities To Add Them To Its Digital Assistant, And Is Paying Them Millions To Reach Its Goals

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There has been some controversy surrounding technology giants using the voices of famous individuals to use in their products. Naturally, the outburst that followed was justified, as there was no way for people to protect their livelihoods…

Nvidia's new AI chip delay could affect Microsoft, Google, Meta: Report

www.thehindu.com

Design flaws could cause a delay of three months or more in the launch of chip giant Nvidia's upcoming artificial intelligence chips, reported The Information

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from Meta AI clones to Amazon's major product recall

www.techradar.com

ICYMI here are the biggest tech news stories from Samsung, Meta, DJI and more for August 3, 2024.

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Turkey Blocks Instagram After Ankara's Communications Director Accuses Meta Of Preventing Condolences Messages For Hamas Leader Haniyeh

www.benzinga.com

Turkey has banned Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram over the platform's alleged non-compliance with the country's laws, following claims that Instagram was suppressing condolence messages related to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the…

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Lights, camera, AI: Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina for digital assistant

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NEW YORK, Aug 3 — Meta is in discussions with actors such as Awkwafina and Judi Dench, as well as influencers, for the r...

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Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina for AI: Report

www.thehindu.com

Meta is in discussions with actors such as Awkwafina and Judi Dench, as well as influencers, for the right to use their voices in its MetaAI digital assistant product, per NYT

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US Republican candidate Donald Trump reveals Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologised to him, says 'he won't...'

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Donald Trump claimed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him multiple times and apologized for censoring his photo.

World News | Meta Just Launched the Largest ‘open' AI Model in History. Here's Why It Matters

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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. In the world of artificial intelligence (AI), a battle is underway. On one side are companies that believe in keeping the datasets and algorithms behind their advanced software private…

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Meta in Talks to Use Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and Others for A.I.

www.nytimes.com

If deals are struck, Meta may incorporate the actors’ voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, people with knowledge of the effort said.

Friday, Aug 2

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'He Called Me a Few Times': Donald Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Called Him to Apologize, Claims Meta's CEO 'Won't Support' Democrats

The former U.S. President claims the calls began after the attempt on Trump's life in July.