New AI voice-cloning tools ‘add fuel’ to misinformation fire

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Published February 10, 2023 4:27 PM

By ARIJETA LAJKA
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — An altered video that shows President Joe Biden making comments that attack transgender people was created with a new generation of artificial intelligence tools. With just a few seconds of sample audio, anyone can use these tools to generate audio that mimics a person’s voice. While Hollywood studios have long been able to distort reality in this way, experts say the technology has been democratized without considering how it can fall into the wrong hands and be used to spread disinformation.

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