Meta's Zuckerberg unveils AI projects aimed at building metaverse future


FILE PHOTO Small toy figures are seen in front of displayed Facebooks new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken October 28 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Facebook-owner Meta is working on artificial intelligence research to generate worlds through speech, improve how people chat to voice assistants and translate between languages, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, as he sketched out key steps to building the metaverse.

Zuckerberg is betting that the metaverse, a futuristic idea of virtual environments where users can work, socialize and play, will be the successor to the mobile internet.

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