OpenAI is 'afraid' of the voice cloning tool it developed
Apr 01, 2024
San Francisco [US], April 1: The tool named Voice Engine was first developed in 2022 and the first version was used for ChatGPT 's text-to-speech translation feature .
However, the voice cloning tool has not yet been released to the public, partly because OpenAI feels it poses a great risk, as the company seeks to minimize the threat of false information. truth in an election year around the globe.
"We hope to start a dialogue about the responsible deployment of artificial voices, and how societies can adopt and adapt to new capabilities such as these," The Times said . Guardian on March 31 quoted OpenAI's statement on its blog.
That's why OpenAI continues to delay the public announcement of Voice Engine, despite sharing a few examples that show the potential for real-world applications.
For example, educational technology company Age of Learning (USA) uses this tool to dub scripts.
Another famous example is that researchers at the Norman Prince Neuroscience Institute in Rhode Island (USA) used a low-quality 15-second clip of a young woman presenting a school project to "restored the voice" she lost due to a brain tumor.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper