according to Bloomberg and The New York Times, Meta is in talks with the likes of Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina and Dame Judi Dench, among others, for AI projects. It seems the company intends to do just that input their voices into a conversational generative AI-slash-digital assistant It’s called MetaAI, rumored to be like Siri and Google Assistant, which could live in Facebook’s Meta hardware and all other parts of the multibillion-dollar social network company.
Although SAG-AFTRA has reportedly agreed to terms with Meta, the actors’ representatives are still negotiating for tighter restrictions. SAG-AFTRA, if you recall, fought for provisions to protect actors from the threat of losing their jobs due to AI.
Hasn’t the meta already done something like this? Yes. The company also introduced during the Connect event last year With 28 “characters” voiced by celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Dwyane Wade and Kendall Jenner. However, the pages of those popular chatbots have since disappeared and Information reports that Meta quietly canceled this project.
This seems to be more of a hub for Meta’s AI ambitions.
– Matt Smith
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He agreed to pay 50 million dollars.
In 2018, payments related to a lawsuit filed over Apple’s butterfly-type MacBook keyboards have reportedly begun. Payments for approved claims will be made in August and claimants will receive checks, the settlement website now says. For some, that could mean a check for up to $395.
Since Apple introduced the butterfly keyboard in 2015, complaints have arisen about “sticky” and unresponsive keys. A lawsuit filed in 2018 accused Apple of knowing there was a problem with its keyboards and hiding it from consumers. Although Apple denied the lawsuit’s allegations of a defective keyboard, it agreed to pay $50 million as part of the settlement. It also began phasing out the keyboard design in 2019.
Idris Qibaa is accused of making death threats on social media.
A guest who appeared on a podcast to brag about his scheme to hack into his victims’ social media accounts and pay them back has now drawn the ire of the FBI. He received information about Qibaa’s alleged extortion scheme on April 1, pointing to his appearance on the No Jumper podcast. Qibaa disclosed a financial scheme that would use the social media accounts of more than 200 victims to link them to their pages and charge them to regain access. He added that he earns about 600,000 dollars a month.
After 33 years.
Game Reporter parent company GameStop has announced that it is closing the magazine after 33 years in business. The entire website and its archives are gone, redirected to the magazine’s closing statement thanking its readers. Kyle Hilliard, the publication’s director of content, said the bad news about the mass layoffs at X comes when they’re in the middle of causing trouble. Game Reporter It started in August 1991 with Sonic the Hedgehog sprinting across the cover.
