Microsoft's AI can clone your voice after analyzing a 3-second audio clip

Microsoft has developed artificial intelligence that clones a person's voice perfectly after analyzing just three seconds of an audio clip of them speaking - but some fear it provides a tool for scammers to steal your voice. Called VALL-E, the system could be used by a telephone scammer to capture just three seconds of your voice and replicate it, which would also include your emotional range and acoustic environment. This would allow bad actors to bypass systems that use your voice as a password. VALL-E is not available to the public and Microsoft has not revealed plans for when or if it will be. While the AI sparks fear among some users, others see the technology as a way for people who lost their voice to throat disease ALS or another injury to regain their speech.