Last Updated: March 30, 2024, 16:41 IST
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OpenAI is busy engaged on a number of AI use instances for customers
The ChatGPT-maker is coming into the voice assistant enterprise and displaying off new know-how that may clone an individual’s voice.
SAN FRANCISCO: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is entering into the voice assistant enterprise and displaying off new know-how that may clone an individual’s voice, however says it will not but launch it publicly as a consequence of security considerations.
The synthetic intelligence firm unveiled its new Voice Engine know-how Friday, simply over per week after submitting a trademark utility for the identify. The firm claims that it will probably recreate an individual’s voice with simply 15 seconds of recording of that particular person speaking.
OpenAI says it plans to preview it with early testers “but not widely release this technology at this time” due to the risks of misuse.
“We recognize that generating speech that resembles people’s voices has serious risks, which are especially top of mind in an election year,” the San Francisco firm stated in a press release.
In New Hampshire, authorities are investigating robocalls despatched to 1000’s of voters simply earlier than the presidential major that featured an AI-generated voice mimicking President Joe Biden.
A variety of startup firms already promote voice-cloning know-how, a few of which is accessible to the general public or for choose enterprise prospects similar to leisure studios.
OpenAI says early Voice Engine testers have agreed to not impersonate an individual with out their consent and to reveal that the voices are AI-generated. The firm, finest identified for its chatbot and the picture-generator DALL-E, took an analogous strategy in saying however not extensively releasing its video-generator Sora.
However a trademark utility filed on March 19 reveals that OpenAI seemingly goals to get into the enterprise of speech recognition and digital voice assistant. Eventually, enhancing such know-how may assist OpenAI compete with the likes of different voice merchandise similar to Amazon’s Alexa.
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