OpenAI's Voice Engine Can Clone A Voice From a 15-Second Clip. Listen for Yourself
ZDNET, Monday, April 1st, 2024
Despite the model's advanced capabilities, OpenAI has not yet released it to the public. Here's why.
Since releasing ChatGPT and ushering in the generative AI era, OpenAI has stayed ahead of the curve with cutting-edge AI technology such as Sora, its impressive text-to-video generator. On Friday, the company took another step forward by sharing insights from its small-scale preview of Voice Engine, a voice cloning AI model that can create realistic, emotive voices using text input and a 15-second audio sample.
As seen in the clip below, the technology can generate a highly realistic-sounding voice that closely resembles the voice in the reference clip. An AI voice generator capable of impersonating someone's voice from just a 15-second sample -- what could go wrong?