
OpenAI said it has developed a tool that can clone human voices from just 15 seconds of recorded audio — but it hasn’t yet released it to the public over fears that it will be misused, especially during the 2024 election.
Called Voice Engine, the software was first developed in 2022 and integrated into ChatGPT’s text-to-speech feature.
But beginning in late 2023, OpenAI “started privately testing it with a small group of trusted partners,” the artificial intelligence giant said in a blog post earlier reported on by The Guardian.