Metas AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench [Video]

Meta is adding conversational voices by celebrities to its AI chatbot in Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook.

The company announced at its Connect event today that you can now talk to Meta AI and hear it respond in one of several voices, including celebrity soundalikes such as Awkwafina, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristen Bell, and the only one I truly care about: Dame Judi Dench.

These celebrity voices will only be available to US users of Meta’s apps to start. And if you prefer a voice that is a little more mundane, you can also pick from non-celeb voices with names like “Aspen,” “Atlas,” or “Clover.” Google and OpenAI also now offer similar conversational experiences that ostensibly aren’t based on celebrity voices.

Meta hasn’t shared those details, but the company has paid each celebrity “millions of dollars” for their voices, according to The Wall Street Journal. And in negotiations, some of the people reportedly …