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OpenAI says it can clone a voice from just 15 seconds of audio
OpenAI just announced the results of a small-scale preview of a new voice cloning engine that’s based on the company’s pre-existing text-to-speech API. The technology generates natural-sounding speech that resembles the original speaker.
ElevenLabs reportedly banned the account that deepfaked Biden's voice with its AI tools
ElevenLabs, an AI startup that offers voice cloning services with its tools, has banned the user that created an audio deepfake of Joe Biden used in an attempt to disrupt the elections, according to Bloomberg.
Facebook is working on a voice AI rival to Siri and Alexa
Facebook might introduce its own voice assistant à la Siri and Alexa in the future. According to CNBC, the social network's augmented and virtual reality team led by Ira Snyder has been developing a voice AI since 2018. The team has even started contacting smart speaker vendors, presumably to forge partnerships that would lead to devices powered by the new assistant. Based on what a spokesperson told Reuters, though, Facebook is mainly developing the assistant for its Oculus headsets, its Portal smart display and future AR/VR devices.
