During Amazon’s Re:Mars conference, Alexa senior vice president Rohit Prasad introduced an alarming new feature for its voice assistant. Alexa will soon be able to imitate voices, including those of dead people. Amazon claims it wants this feature.” make memories lasting » and developed a system that allows his assistant to:imitating any sound after hearing the sound for less than a minute.
Soon you will be able to Ask a deceased relative to tell you storiesPlay music, play music or turn on the lights from your Alexa device. You can also refer to our roundup of the best voice commands to try on your Echo speaker. Amazon demonstrated this feature in its presentation by reading a bedtime story to a child using the voice of a deceased grandmother.
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Amazon teaches Alexa to imitate any voice
To create this feature, Amazon “ Instead of several hours of studio recording, I had to learn how to produce high-quality vocals in less than a minute ” said Rohit Prasad. The way we achieved this was to frame the problem not as a way to generate speech, but as a conversation transformation task. We are undoubtedly living in the golden age of artificial intelligence; our dreams and science » Added the manager responsible for Alexa.
If you find the idea of using the voice of your deceased loved one too scary, know that it is possible too; Ask Alexa to imitate the voice of one of your favorite celebrities, or even a TV presenter. As of now, Amazon hasn’t shared many details beyond this initial reveal. By the way, note that Amazon has recently announced other interesting features, such as the ability to increase the volume if the ambient noise is too loud.
