Apparently, tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg’s latest achievement is to have Morgan Freeman act as your virtual butler, according to Fortune.
Fast Company recently revealed that Morgan Freeman has been adopted as the voice of Jarvis, the artificial intelligence system developed by Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg’s tech mansion is famously equipped with an AI butler system called Jarvis. Jarvis’ voice was originally a computer-generated one, but Zuckerberg recently launched a public consultation, asking people to vote for a more appropriate one.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include editing robots, writing robots and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
Jarvis is named after jarvis, the artificial intelligence butler to Tony Stark in the Marvel blockbuster Film Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr., who plays Stark in the film, has said he would be willing to voice Jarvis in Iron Man for Paul Bettany and donate the rest of the money to charity if Zuckerberg could pay him enough.
However, after collecting more than 50,000 comments, veteran actor Morgan Freeman is the overwhelming favorite to be the voice of Jarvis.
In an interview with Fast Company, Zuckerberg said he had called Freeman. On the call, Zuckerberg said, “Hey, I posted this poll online, and um… Everyone wants you to do it. Will you do it?” Freeman immediately agreed.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
Interestingly, this isn’t the first time Freeman has lent his voice to the tech world. Morgan Freeman’s voice is one of a number of celebrity voices on Waze, Google’s navigation app.
Jarvis can turn lights on and off, play music according to Zuckerberg’s personal preferences, bake bread and remind his 1-year-old daughter Max to learn Mandarin, among other useful features found in other smart home butler systems. (water)