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Speech & audio generation
Also called: voice cloning, text-to-speech, TTS
Models can generate natural-sounding speech from text and can imitate a specific voice from a short sample. The same technology transcribes and translates audio.
Convincing voice cloning from seconds of audio changes the threat model for phone scams and 'I heard them say it' evidence. The everyday defence is a shared code word and calling back on a known number.
A recording. Synthetic speech can be indistinguishable by ear, so hearing a familiar voice is no longer proof of who is speaking.