AI firm ElevenLabs bans account for Biden audio deepfake

2024-01-27 12:49 PM by Eugen Boglaru

The creator of an audio deepfake of US President Joe Biden urging people not to vote in this week’s New Hampshire primary has been suspended by ElevenLabs, according to a person familiar with the matter. ElevenLabs’ technology was used to make the deepfake audio, according to Pindrop Security Inc., a voice-fraud detection company that analyzed it. …

Spotify using AI to clone and translate podcasters’ voices

2023-09-26 08:33 PM by Alex Smith

Spotify has unveiled a remarkable new feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that translates a podcast into multiple languages using the same voices of those in the show. It’s been made possible partly by OpenAI’s just-released voice generation technology that needs only a few seconds of listening to replicate a voice. Spotify said the feature …