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Category Archives: Cloning
The Pet-Cloning Industry is Going Wild – Air Mail
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OpenAI’s voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work – The Verge
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OpenAI is offering limited access to a text-to-voice generation platform it developed called Voice Engine, which can create a synthetic voice based on a 15-second clip of someones voice. The AI-generated voice can read out text prompts on command in the same language as the speaker or in a number of other languages. These small scale deployments are helping to inform our approach, safeguards, and thinking about how Voice Engine could be used for good across various industries, OpenAI said in its blog post.
Companies with access include the education technology company Age of Learning, visual storytelling platform HeyGen, frontline health software maker Dimagi, AI communication app creator Livox, and health system Lifespan.
In these samples posted by OpenAI, you can hear what Age of Learning has been doing with the technology to generate pre-scripted voice-over content, as well as reading out real-time, personalized responses to students written by GPT-4.
First, the reference audio in English:
And here are three AI-generated audio clips based on that sample,
OpenAI said it began developing Voice Engine in late 2022 and that the technology has already powered preset voices for the text-to-speech API and ChatGPTs Read Aloud feature. In an interview with TechCrunch, Jeff Harris, a member of OpenAIs product team for Voice Engine, said the model was trained on a mix of licensed and publicly available data. OpenAI told the publication the model will only be available to about 10 developers.
AI text-to-audio generation is an area of generative AI thats continuing to evolve. While most focus on instrumental or natural sounds, fewer have focused on voice generation, partially due to the questions OpenAI cited. Some names in the space include companies like Podcastle and ElevenLabs, which provide AI voice cloning technology and tools the Vergecast explored last year.
According to OpenAI, its partners agreed to abide by its usage policies that say they will not use Voice Generation to impersonate people or organizations without their consent. It also requires the partners to get the explicit and informed consent of the original speaker, not build ways for individual users to create their own voices, and to disclose to listeners that the voices are AI-generated. OpenAI also added watermarking to the audio clips to trace their origin and actively monitor how the audio is used.
OpenAI suggested several steps that it thinks could limit the risks around tools like these, including phasing out voice-based authentication to access bank accounts, policies to protect the use of peoples voices in AI, greater education on AI deepfakes, and development of tracking systems of AI content.
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Beyond cloning: Harnessing the power of virtual quantum broadcasting – Phys.org
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OpenAI built a voice cloning tool, but you cant use it yet – TechCrunch
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OpenAI reveals Voice Engine, but won’t yet publicly release the risky AI voice-cloning technology – ABC News
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OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool but delays release on safety grounds – The National
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI has unveiled a voice-cloning tool but has no plans to release it yet as it tries to iron out safety concerns surrounding the latest addition to its generative artificial intelligence arsenal.
The service, Voice Engine, has been in development since late 2022 about the same time when ChatGPT was launched and uses text input and a 15-second audio sample to generate natural-sounding speech that closely resembles the original speaker, California-based OpenAI said in a blog post on Friday.
It is aimed at reading assistance, translation, supporting people who are non-verbal and helping patients with degenerative speech conditions recover their voice, as well as being a service to help hasten community services in remote areas, it said.
Voice Engine joins OpenAI's suite of generative AI platforms, including Dall-E for images, Sora for video and ChatGPT, which began the generative AI revolution.
Early testers will be able to preview Voice Engine, with no plans to go public at this time, OpenAI said, in line with the company's approach to AI safety and our voluntary commitment.
We are taking a cautious and informed approach to a broader release due to the potential for synthetic voice misuse. We hope to start a dialogue on the responsible deployment of synthetic voices and how society can adapt to these new capabilities, OpenAI said.
The company did not provide a timeline for Voice Engine's general release.
Based on these conversations and the results of these small-scale tests, we will make a more informed decision about whether and how to deploy this technology at scale, it said.
Voice cloning has long been used in industries and supports tasks such as customer support and engagement, as well as contribute to cost and operational efficiencies.
The global voice cloning market is projected to hit nearly $9.3 billion by 2030, from an estimated $1.45 billion in 2022, growing at a compound annual rate of more than 26 per cent, latest data from Grand View Research shows.
However, with the advent of generative AI, risks have also come to the fore, which include misinformation, fakery and bias, among others.
OpenAI, in particular, acknowledged that these risks are heightened in 2024, being an election year in the US, where a rematch is expected between incumbent President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who engaged in a highly-polarising, social media-fuelled battle in 2020.
We recognise that generating speech that resembles people's voices has serious risks we are engaging with US and international partners from across government, media, entertainment, education, civil society and beyond to ensure we are incorporating their feedback as we build, OpenAI said.
OpenAI said its Voice Engine partners have agreed to its use policies, which prohibit the impersonation of another individual or organisation without consent or legal right, and require explicit and informed consent from the original speaker.
We dont allow developers to build ways for individual users to create their own voices. Partners must also clearly disclose to their audience that the voices they're hearing are AI-generated, the company said.
Meanwhile, OpenAI and its biggest backer, Microsoft, are in talks to develop a data centre powered by a supercomputer built from millions of specialised chips, The Information reported on Friday, quoting sources.
The supercomputer, said to be named Stargate, is expected to cost as much as $100 billion and would be based in the US, it said.
Microsoft, which reportedly invested $10 billion into OpenAI in January 2023, will be most likely to finance the project, which would be about 100 times more costly compared to present data centre projects, the report said.
OpenAI and Microsoft have not commented on the report.
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OpenAI Debuts Voice-Cloning Tech, But Won’t Release It Widely – PCMag
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OpenAI couldnt help itself: The company has developed voice-cloning technology thats so good its bound to both impress and scare users. But for now, OpenAI is only releasing the system to select partners.
Called Voice Engine, the technology can clone your voice simply by listening to a 15-second clip of you talking. In addition, the replicated voice can convey emotion and the natural cadence of human speech, making the AI-generated dialog sound realistic.
OpenAI says that it first developed Voice Engine in late 2022 to power the text-to-speech capability for ChatGPT. But rather than release Voice Engine to the public, the company has essentially decided that society isnt quite ready for it at least not yet.
We are taking a cautious and informed approach to a broader release due to the potential for synthetic voice misuse, the company wrote in a blog post that showcases several examples of Voice Engine in action.
As you can hear, the AI-generated speech is often indistinguishable from the reference audio. In the wrong hands, its obvious the technology could be used to pump out deepfakes to misinform the public. But despite the potential for misuse, OpenAI says Voice Engine could be useful for society.
The blog post goes on to say that starting late last year the company began testing Voice Engine with a small group of trusted partners. The results show that the voice cloning could be used as a reading assistant for school children. It can also act as a translator, using the persons voice to speak in multiple different languages.
Another use case involves providing the voice-cloning technology to people whove lost the ability to speak, similar to what Apple is doing. As a result, OpenAI has decided to release Voice Engine in preview mode to partners who agree to never use the technology for unauthorized impersonation purposes.
Partners must also clearly disclose to their audience that the voices they're hearing are AI-generated, the company said. OpenAI has also added a watermarking system to help detect any AI-generated audio from Voice Engine.
Still, OpenAI isnt guaranteeing itll ever widely release the voice-cloning tech. The company says a lot will depend on how society responds to the rise of generative AI, which is already blurring lines between fiction and reality.
We hope to start a dialogue on the responsible deployment of synthetic voices, and how society can adapt to these new capabilities, the company added. Based on these conversations and the results of these small scale tests, we will make a more informed decision about whether and how to deploy this technology at scale.
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OpenAI holds back wide release of voice-cloning tech due to misuse concerns – Ars Technica
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Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978's Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software can create not only realistic-sounding voices, but also convincingly imitate existing voices using small samples of audio.
Along those lines, OpenAI just announced Voice Engine, a text-to-speech AI model for creating synthetic voices based on a 15-second segment of recorded audio. It has provided audio samples of the Voice Engine in action on its website.
Once a voice is cloned, a user can input text into the Voice Engine and get an AI-generated voice result. But OpenAI is not ready to widely release its technology yet. The company initially planned to launch a pilot program for developers to sign up for the Voice Engine API earlier this month. But after more consideration about ethical implications, the company decided to scale back its ambitions for now.
"In line with our approach to AI safety and our voluntary commitments, we are choosing to preview but not widely release this technology at this time," the company writes. "We hope this preview of Voice Engine both underscores its potential and also motivates the need to bolster societal resilience against the challenges brought by ever more convincing generative models."
Voice cloning tech in general is not particularly newwe've covered several AI voice synthesis models since 2022, and the tech is active in the open source community with packages like OpenVoice and XTTSv2. But the idea that OpenAI is inching toward letting anyone use their particular brand of voice tech is notable. And in some ways, the company's reticence to release it fully might be the bigger story.
OpenAI says that benefits of its voice technology include providing reading assistance through natural-sounding voices, enabling global reach for creators by translating content while preserving native accents, supporting non-verbal individuals with personalized speech options, and assisting patients in recovering their own voice after speech-impairing conditions.
But it also means that anyone with 15 seconds of someone's recorded voice could effectively clone it, and that has obvious implications for potential misuse. Even if OpenAI never widely releases its Voice Engine, the ability to clone voices has already caused trouble in society through phone scams where someone imitates a loved one's voice and election campaign robocalls featuring cloned voices from politicians like Joe Biden.
Also, researchers and reporters have shown that voice-cloning technology can be used to break into bank accounts that use voice authentication (such as Chase's Voice ID), which prompted Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to send a letter to the CEOs of several major banks in May 2023 to inquire about the security measures banks are taking to counteract AI-powered risks.
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Best way to clone the SSD from old computer to new computer with an M.2 Samsung Drive? – ASEAN NOW
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28 minutes ago, DrDave said:
Remove the SSD from your old computer and put it into an external USB enclosure. Connect that USB enclosure to your new computer, and run a disk cloning/partitioning program. I use ECHO 5, which works very well. The software will setup your new computer to temporarily boot an alternative OS, allow you to re-partition the M2 drive if desired, and then clone your SSD to your M2. When finished, the temporary OS is removed and your new computer will boot normally.
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Good Advice.
However, during this discussion, strangely enough, I may very likely choose to install Linux on the new teaching computer, for several good reasons.
My only hurdle might be to find something similar to Adobe Acrobat Pro which will run, natively, on Linux.
So, after many years, this wish will not happen soon, if ever.
So...FK Adobe.
I will find some way to work around Adobe.
But, I am now committed to going with Linux, on a new install, even though I know this might require a bit of extra effort.
FK, MS, Fk Adobe.....
Opensource and Free Software is the only way to go....because...as I have mentioned.....
The software companies are trying to move towards Monthly Subscriptions, sort of like the New York Times.....
So, then...FK THEM!
((I will be using completely FREE Software on my next computer. I will be going FOSS, and also opensource software, which is not the same thing. But, I will not be paying MONTHLY FEES to these Chicken SHT Software companies...for sure. These monthly fees are their new strategy to suck the blood out of us. No Way. I SHT upon these Vampires!)
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