OpenAI's creepy voice-cloning tool which can replicate anyone's voice within just 15 seconds is deemed 'too risky' for public use
- ChatGPT-maker, OpenAI, is latest tech giant to develop voice cloning software
- OpenAI has deemed it 'too risky' for public use - particularly in an election year
A new type of deepfake known as voice cloning has emerged in recent months, in which artificial intelligence (AI) is used to simulate your voice.
ChatGPT-maker, OpenAI, is the latest tech giant to develop voice cloning software - but it's not releasing it to the public.
The creepy technology can replicate anyone's voice within just 15 seconds of recorded speech.
And OpenAI has deemed it 'too risky' for public use - particularly in an election year.
'We recognise that generating speech that resembles people's voices has serious risks, which are especially top of mind in an election year,' the San Francisco company said in a statement.
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A new type of deepfake known as voice cloning has emerged in recent months, in which artificial intelligence (AI) is used to simulate your voice
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ChatGPT-maker, OpenAI, is the latest tech giant to develop voice cloning software - but it's not releasing it to the public
OpenAI unveiled the Voice Engine technology on Friday, just over a week after filing a trademark application for the name.
The company claims that it can recreate a person's voice with just 15 seconds of recording of that person talking.
OpenAI says it plans to preview it with early testers 'but not widely release this technology at this time' because of the dangers of misuse.
In New Hampshire, authorities are investigating robocalls sent to thousands of voters just before the presidential primary that featured an AI-generated voice mimicking President Joe Biden.
A number of start-up companies already sell voice-cloning technology, some of which is accessible to the public or for select business customers such as entertainment studios.
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OpenAI says it plans to preview it with early testers 'but not widely release this technology at this time' because of the dangers of misuse (stock image)
OpenAI says early Voice Engine testers have agreed to not impersonate a person without their consent and to disclose that the voices are AI-generated.
The company, best known for its chatbot and the image-generator DALL-E, took a similar approach in announcing but not widely releasing its video-generator Sora.
However, a trademark application filed on March 19 shows that OpenAI likely aims to get into the business of speech recognition and digital voice assistant.
Eventually, improving such technology could help OpenAI compete with the likes of other voice products such as Amazon's Alexa.