Baidu's creepy new AI can accurately mimic your voice

The Chinese answer to Google can now clone your voice using AI after hearing you talk for just one minute. Baidu, who created this creepy technology, says it could also be used to create personalised digital assistants and automatic speech translation services. Deep Voice learns which sounds go with a text as well as the quirks of how someone communicates, creating you a robot-self indistinguishable from how you really talk. Although this voice-copying technology might be amusing it also has serious implications, as users can essentially poach part of someone else's identity. The Chinese answer to Google can now clone your voice using AI after hearing you talk for just one minute.