Amazon demonstrated a brand new characteristic for Alexa that can identically mimic the voice of a particular individual on the “Amazon re:MARS 2022” convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The demonstration video was led by Rohit Prasad, senior vp and head scientist for the Alexa crew.
The video confirmed a baby who requested to listen to a narrative learn by their grandmother. “Alexa can grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” the kid mentioned. Alexa replied confirming the request in her regular tone after which went on to learn the story sounding precisely just like the baby’s grandmother.
This is being achieved by utilizing “less than a minute of recorded audio” from a particular individual, which is then used to create completely different sounds to make different phrases utilizing their voice, the video defined. The characteristic remains to be beneath growth.
“So many of us have lost someone we love,” Prasad mentioned.
“While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make the memories last,” he added.
This sort of know-how has additionally been dubbed “deepfake voice technology.”
The technology has been used in scams. In 2019, the Washington Post reported that “criminals used artificial intelligence to impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of $243,000.”
