Google Acquires Twitter-backed AI Avatar Startup for $100 Million (techcrunch.com) 6

Posted by msmash on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:40PM from the how-about-that dept.

TechCrunch: Google has acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity, for about $100 million, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in a push to boost its content game and better compete with TikTok.

Google Acquires Twitter-backed AI Avatar Startup for $100 Million

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Burn baby, burn (Score:2)

by Major_Disorder ( 5019363 ) writes:

Why not just put the money in a big pile and burn it? They could record it and put it on YouTube, and at least that way they might get some return on their investment.
If I had a pet headless chicken (Score:1)

by greytree ( 7124971 ) writes:

I would call it "Google".

How many temporarily-useful projects did they shut down to spaff $100 million on this soon-to-be shuttered vanity project ?
OK, I'll bite (Score:2)

by PCM2 ( 4486 ) writes:

What the fuck is an "AI avatar startup"?
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  by greytree ( 7124971 ) writes:
  
  They should have just used "AAS", the acronym *everyone* knows them by.
  
  Or they could have done their job and explained what the company does.
  Nah.

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Google Acquires Twitter-backed AI Avatar Startup for $100 Million (techcrunch.com) 6

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Burn baby, burn (Score:2)

If I had a pet headless chicken (Score:1)

OK, I'll bite (Score:2)

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