According to Bloomberg<\/em> and The New York Times<\/em>, Meta is in talks with the likes of Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina and Dame Judi Dench, among others, for its AI projects. The company apparently intends to incorporate their voices into a conversational generative AI-slash-digital assistant<\/a> called MetaAI, which is rumored to be like Siri and Google Assistant, which could live within Facebook, Meta hardware, and all the other parts of the multimillion-dollar social network company.<\/p>\n The actors\u2019 representatives are still negotiating for stricter limits, though SAG-AFTRA has reportedly agreed on terms with Meta. SAG-AFTRA, if you recall, fought for provisions to protect actors from the threat of job loss due to AI.<\/p>\n Didn\u2019t Meta already do something like this? Yes. During its Connect event last year, the company also introduced <\/a> with 28 \u201ccharacters\u201d voiced by celebrities, including Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Dwyane Wade and Kendall Jenner. However, those celebrity chatbots\u2019 pages have since disappeared, and The Information<\/em> reports that Meta has just quietly scrapped that project.<\/p>\n This appears to be more central to Meta\u2019s AI ambitions.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bYou can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. <\/em>Subscribe right here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Payments relating to a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 over Apple\u2019s butterfly MacBook keyboards have reportedly begun. The settlement website now states that payments for approved claims will go out in August, and claimants will receive checks. For some, it could mean a check of up to $395.<\/p>\n After Apple introduced the butterfly keyboard in 2015, complaints arose over \u201csticky\u201d and unresponsive keys. A lawsuit filed in 2018 accused Apple of knowing its keyboards had problems and concealing this from consumers. While Apple denied the lawsuit\u2019s allegations of defective keyboards, it agreed to pay $50 million as part of a settlement. It also started phasing out the keyboard design in 2019.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A guest who appeared on a podcast to boast about a hack-and-payback scheme involving his victims\u2019 social media accounts is now facing the wrath of the FBI. It received a tip about Qibaa\u2019s alleged extortion scheme on April 1, pointing to his appearance on the No Jumper podcast. Qibaa outlined a financial scheme using over 200 victims\u2019 social media accounts, in which he would lock them out of their pages and charge them to regain access. He added he made about $600,000 a month.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Game Informer<\/em> announced its parent company, GameStop, is shutting the magazine after 33 years in the business. The entire website and its archives are gone, redirecting to the magazine\u2019s final statement of thanks to its readers. The publication\u2019s content director, Kyle Hilliard, said on X the bad news about the mass staff layoffs landed right when they were in the middle of creating an issue. Game Informer<\/em> launched in August 1991 with Sonic the Hedgehog sprinting across its cover.<\/p>\nThe biggest stories you might have missed<\/h3>\n
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