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Meta Reportedly Closes Deal to Acquire AI Voice Replicator PlayAI
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 12 – Meta integrates PlayAI's advanced voice cloning tech to boost AI Characters, wearables, and audio tools as part of its top AI priority this year, acquiring elite talent from competitors.
- Meta Platforms Inc. finalized the acquisition of PlayAI, a California-based AI startup specializing in voice synthesis, with the entire PlayAI team joining Meta this week to report to Johan Schalkwyk.
- Meta acquired PlayAI as part of a broader strategy to accelerate AI talent acquisition and enhance voice-driven technologies amid intensifying competition with firms like OpenAI and Google.
- Ruoming Pang, formerly leading Apple’s foundation model team behind Apple Intelligence, left Apple for Meta Superintelligence Labs, a recently launched team focused on building AI systems more capable than humans.
- Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta Superintelligence Labs will utilize some of the most advanced computational resources in the industry and offer an unparalleled amount of compute allocated per researcher. Amid this AI-driven initiative, Meta’s stock has increased by nearly 20% so far this year.
- The PlayAI acquisition strengthens Meta’s voice AI capabilities for future conversational agents and content creation, signaling an aggressive push to lead in generative AI while balancing innovation with responsibility.
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Mark Zuckerberg raises aggressiveness in the AI segment. His company, Meta Platforms, has confirmed the acquisition of the PlayAI startup, which specializes in generating human voices with AI. With the operation, of which the financial amount has not been exceeded, the PlayAI team will join the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp matrix in the coming days. Continue reading Strong investment in data centersMark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Me…
Mark Zuckerberg's company has taken over Play AI, a startup that employs artificial intelligence to create voices that sound human.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Expands AI Talent With PlayAI Acquisition: Report - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Meta has acquired voice AI startup PlayAI to strengthen its Superintelligence Labs and accelerate development of natural-sounding voice tech across AI characters, wearables, and content creation.
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Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices.
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