Kylie Robison

Zuckerberg is doing a demo with mixed martial artist Brandon Moreno, where they are using the Ray-Ban Metas to do live translation in English and Spanish.

Zuckerberg is speaking in English, Moreno is speaking in Spanish, and it seems like they are able to have a short discussion. This feature is still in the works, but the company says it’s coming soon.

“The demo gods are looking somewhat favorably on us,” Zuckerberg said.

He says voice will be “one of if not the most frequent ways we interact with AI.”

One of the featured AI voices is that of actor Awkwafina. Zuckerberg asked AI Awkwafina if “live demos are risky” and it gave a natural-sounding response. (Yes, it is risky and potentially embarrassing.)

Meta AI has 500 million monthly active users already, according to Zuckerberg.

As we kick off Meta’s flagship conference, I’m noticing an abundance of creators throwing up their peace signs and taking selfies in front of all the Meta signage — the campus makes for great content, too, since it looks like Disneyland. I’ve met an array of podcasters, TikTokers (Reel-ers?), and AR developers here already.

My home office has a lot of knick knacks: a Kirby pencil case, a mirror that looks like a CD, and a light-up Majora’s Mask. It turns out, though, I should step my game up.

In a recent podcast interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his home office is decorated with objects tracking the technological development of humanity, including a hand ax, which he often stares at.

“I just think about how far we have come from this single piece of technology we used everything for.”