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Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dangerous for public release. - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to c/technology

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Meta announced a new AI model called Voicebox yesterday, one it says is the most versatile yet for speech generation, but it’s not releasing it yet: The model is still only a research project, but Meta says can generate speech in six languages from samples as short as two seconds and could be used for “natural, authentic” translation in the future, among other things.

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[–] sub_ 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, but allow private access for wannabe authoritarians who will use it to create fake ad campaigns. No public access = no scrutiny from researchers nor watchdogs.

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