Meta, in a fantastic new development, has just purchased Play AI. This nifty startup has been making waves with its ingenious use of artificial intelligence to churn out voices that sound surprisingly human.

iIn light of Bloomberg's report, a spokesperson from Meta confirms this exciting acquisition. There's also word on the street that the whole squad from PlayAI is heading over to Meta next week (Of course, we've got our feelers out to Meta for a confirmation too).

Excerpts from a company memo unveil Meta's admiration for PlayAI's amazing knack of creating natural voices and easy-to-use audio content. They're thrilled by the possibility this partnership can bring about for myriad ventures such as AI characters, Meta AI, wearable tech, and audio content creation.

Meta isn't new to the AI world. It's been making serious strides in AI sphere with some power moves, like headhunting top talent from OpenAI, which made the headlines recently. They've also struck a noteworthy deal with Scale AI and roped in their CEO, Alexandr Wang to steer an avant-garde team focusing on superintelligence. Catch the full scoop right here.

Unfortunately, we still don't have any figures about the financial aspect of the acquisition. We do know from Bloomberg's prior report that these two companies had been discussing a potential acquisition. You can have a glimpse of that report here.