Goal sees its future in artificial intelligence. According to Bloomberg, the Mark Zuckerberg group bought Playai, a new company specialized in vocal artificial intelligence.
This acquisition was confirmed to US media by a company spokesman. On the other hand, the amount of operation was not revealed.
According to the internal document, “the entire beach team” will join the goal next week. Playai specializes in vocal technologies. Your tool can clone human voices and generate news. The company works with Amazon, IBM, Ford or Deliveroo.
Investments and recruits
In recent months, Meta has multiplied initiatives in the field of artificial intelligence. With an objective: to become a leader in the sector developing the Superintendent or Generalan AI superior to the human capacities of understanding and reflection.
And there is a long way to go before making the race in mind. Already, competition is increasingly fierce. Above all, the latest flame 4 version, launched in early April, was considered disappointing despite the important investments. Therefore, Meta made the decision to reorganize internally. The group has chosen to divide their teams into two: one accused of goal AI and the other to advance research, especially in the voice and reasoning models. Hence the acquisition of Playai.
At the same time, Meta made a massive investment in AI of scale, specialized in the use of data used to develop AI models. Quantity of the operation: $ 14.3 billion (12.4 billion euros), according to Associated Press. This is the second operation in the group’s history, just behind WhatsApp in 2014, for $ 19 billion. In return, Mark Zuckerberg’s company has become a minority shareholder, with 49%.
The group also recruited 11 stars of AI, promising Mirobal bonds. Among these new recruits, Alexandr Wang, general director of AI of scale, several designers of the latest versions of Chatgpt, Google Alumni, who worked on Gemini or Natf Friedman’s reasoning capabilities, a former Github.
If Sam Altman, Managing Director of Openai, said that Meta had offered an individual bonus in the firm More than $ 100 million for “many” employees From his new company, accompanied by a significant salary, in reality, only a few sizes were offered.
This is, for example, the case of Ruoming Pang, former Apple engineer. The one that directed the team dedicated to the artificial intelligence models, the “base models” of the Cupertino firm was offered $ 200 million. The sum is ventilated between a basic salary, a signature and target bonus, which constitute the largest part of the quantity.
Source: BFM TV
