Last Update: January 11, 2023, 10:07 AM IST
The tool was trained on 60,000 hours of English speech data.
The sound generated by VALL-E and similar technologies will sound increasingly believable.
Tech giant Microsoft has released its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, VALL-E, which can repeat any voice in just three seconds.
As Gizmochina reports, the tool was trained on 60,000 hours of English speech data. In addition, it can replicate the speaker’s emotions and intonation, which earlier models were not capable of.
However, there are concerns about the ethical implications of this new technology. The voices generated by VALL-E and similar technologies will sound increasingly believable, which could pave the way for genuine spam calls that mimic the voices of real people a potential victim knows.
Another possibility is the impersonation of politicians and other public figures, which can lead to the spread of misleading information on social media.
Also, some banks use voice recognition technology to verify the identity of the caller and with AI-generated voices, it can be more difficult to ascertain whether the caller is genuine or not.
Therefore, it is important for Microsoft to take measures to regulate the use of VALL-E to ensure that it is used for good and not for malicious purposes, the report said.
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