ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is entering into the voice assistant enterprise and displaying off new expertise that may clone an individual’s voice, however says it gained’t but launch it publicly as a consequence of security issues.
The bogus intelligence firm unveiled its new Voice Engine expertise Friday, simply over per week after submitting a trademark software for the title. The corporate claims that it might recreate an individual’s voice with simply 15 seconds of recording of that individual 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 sent to thousands of voters simply earlier than the presidential major that featured an AI-generated voice mimicking President Joe Biden.
Quite a lot of startup firms already promote voice-cloning expertise, a few of which is accessible to the general public or for choose enterprise prospects such as entertainment 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 corporate, finest recognized for its chatbot and the image-generator DALL-E, took an identical method in asserting however not extensively releasing its video-generator Sora.
Nevertheless a trademark software filed on March 19 reveals that OpenAI seemingly goals to get into the enterprise of speech recognition and digital voice assistant. Ultimately, enhancing such expertise might assist OpenAI compete with the likes of different voice merchandise equivalent to Amazon’s Alexa.
