OpenAI offered a tool that allowed people to create digital images simply by describing what they wanted to see. Then, it built similar technology that generated full-motion video like something from a Hollywood movie.
Now, it has unveiled technology that can re-create someone's voice.
The high-profile artificial intelligence startup said Friday that a small group of businesses was testing a new OpenAI system, Voice Engine, that can re-create a person's voice from a 15-second recording. If you upload a recording of yourself and a paragraph of text, it can read the text using a synthetic voice that sounds like yours.
The text does not have to be in your native language. If you are an English speaker, for example, it can re-create your voice in Spanish, French, Chinese or many other languages.
OpenAI is not sharing the technology more widely because it is still trying to understand its potential dangers. Like image and video generators, a voice generator could help spread disinformation across social media. It could also allow criminals to impersonate people online or during phone calls.
The company said it was particularly worried that this kind of technology could be used to break voice authenticators that control access to