Meta has concluded a deal to purchase Play AI, a California-based startup. Bloomberg. The news organization says the “wide Playai team” will be joining the meta next week based on internal notes it saw. After joining the company, the team works for Johann Scharkwick. Johann Scharkwick oversaw Google's Speech AI Research and was also a recent employment from another voice AI startup.
PlayAI tools can clone user voices and generate new human-like voices for use on websites, apps and phones. Meta reportedly stated in a memo that the Playai team's work was a “great match” for their unique work and roadmap across a range of products, including Meta AI, AI characters and wearables. The company confirmed the acquisition Bloombergbut it did not reveal how much he paid for the transaction.
Mark Zuckerberg has been personally involved in building the company's new AI Superintelligence Lab team over the past few months with the aim of developing artificial intelligence more than humans. In June, META completed a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI in exchange for hiring CEO Alexandr Wang. Scale AI is a startup that labels data that clients can use for AI training.
Meta reportedly offers a $100 million bonus to employees of rival companies to make them jump ships. Reuters We've listed several employees who have previously poached from their competitors, including the co-creators of Openai's ChatGPT and GPT-4 models, as well as people who worked at Google Gemini. Bloomberg We also previously reported that Apple has lost its top AI executive responsible for developing advanced AI features into MetA.
