Microsoft's AI speech generator achieves human parity but is too dangerous for the public
More human than human
Police arrest high school athletic director for deepfaking principal's voice
The move was allegedly retaliation for being let go
Joe Biden says he wants to ban AI voice impersonations
A blanket ban would have far-reaching effects
They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election
It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens
GTA 5 Michael actor Ned Luke slams AI chatbot that uses his voice without permission
He also reveals that clones of his voice were used in racist rants
EA's latest patent will let players use their voice for in-game characters
Voice AI could (literally) change the game
CDPR used AI to clone deceased Cyberpunk actor's voice in Phantom Liberty DLC
Milogost Reczek reprises his role of Viktor Vektor from beyond the grave
Voice actors raise more concerns over AI-generated counterparts
It's not just office jobs under threat
Study shows how often people can identify AI-generated voices
Not as often as you might think
A Telegram channel may be offering swatting-as-a-service with hundreds of incidents reported throughout the US
Swatting-for-hire service connected to dozens, possibly hundreds of incidents in multiple states
Scammers are using voice-generating AI to trick people out of money
This was always going to happen
Samsung Bixby will clone a user's voice to answer phone calls
In brief: There's been a lot of talk about AIs being able to perfectly imitate someone's voice and the potential dangers that could bring, but Samsung wants to use the technology in a less nefarious way. The company's Bixby Text Call feature, which converts text to speech for phone calls, is getting an update, so the voice it uses is an exact copy of the user's.
Actors speak out against signing away their voices for AI recreation
Is the voiceover business another industry threatened by AI?
PS5 will receive VRR support through an update in the coming months
PS5 and PS4 have also received an update that brings new party features, refreshed UI elements and Voice Command (preview)
Nvidia's RAD-TTS generates realistic AI voices that are more expressive
The AI can be directed like a voice actor
The Future of Tech: The Desktop PC
In this first part of our "Future of Tech" series, we'll call some predictions about the next generation of PCs. Rather than dreaming far into the future, we'll try to go for the practical and feasible... evolutionary steps that we could easily see happen in the next five to fifteen years.
Vivox SDK means to add 'real' voice chat to Nintendo Switch
Bye-bye Nintendo Switch Online app, and good riddance
Microsoft patents technology that uses ingressive airflow for AI voice commands
Soon we could be whispering sweet nothings to Cortana
Watch Gabe Newell fail to say the word "three" when recording his Dota 2 voiceover
"You've killed more than two people, and less than four."
The Last Mile to Civilization 2.0: Technologies From Our Not Too Distant Future
As technology migrates from our desktops and laptops to our pockets and bodies, databasing and deep learning will allow for society to be optimized from the micro to the macro. Here are 5 technologies that may not be on your radar today, but they sure are approaching closer and are expected to become very relevant very soon.
Alexa assistant can now differentiate between voices
The whole family can talk with Alexa