Meta, Microsoft, and Others Face Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Copyright


Microsoft open-sources the real-time speech model VibeVoice-Realtime-0.5B, which offers extremely low latency and near-human voice performance. The model takes an average of only 300 milliseconds from text input to voice output, far less than traditional TTS models (1-3 seconds), achieving almost zero latency real-time speech synthesis.
Meta plans to cut the budget for its metaverse division next year, with the reduction possibly reaching 30%, which may affect the Quest headsets and the Horizon Worlds project. The company had previously invested billions of dollars, but recent strategic adjustments indicate that its investment in the metaverse may slow down.
Microsoft's AI service sales have encountered setbacks, with targets reduced by 50%. Although AI technology is popular, companies are unwilling to fully replace human labor, leading to poor performance by the Microsoft Azure sales team.
Microsoft denies lowering AI business growth targets despite reports of some sales teams missing performance goals.....
Meta hires Apple's senior designer Alan Dye to enhance design of AI glasses and wearables, a key move in future smart device strategy.....