With the tremendous advances in how AI/ML technologies are being deployed, one of the most exciting, controversial, and rapidly evolving advances relates to human voice. One particular example jumps out as encapsulating the complex of issues and emotions tied to AI-powered voices. Last summer, AI technology was used to give voice to some of the late Anthony Bourdain's writings, words that he never spoke or read aloud but were nevertheless his; voice cloning technology brought the text to life in Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. Some in the audience felt duped that it wasn't really Bourdain, others thought the move was a misstep as Bourdain was not alive to give permission to manipulate his voice in such a way, while many felt it was simply a creative storytelling device. The Bourdain example highlights two key issues that will rise to the forefront of how AI-based voice technologies will be used in the future.

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? With the tremendous advances in how AI/ML technologies are being deployed, one of the most exciting, controversial, and rapidly evolving advances relates to human voice. One particular example jumps out as encapsulating the complex of issues and emotions tied to AI-powered voices. Last summer, AI technology was used to give voice to some of the late Anthony Bourdain's writings, words that he never spoke or read aloud but were nevertheless his; voice cloning technology brought the text to life in Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. Some in the audience felt duped that it wasn't really Bourdain, others thought the move was a misstep as Bourdain was not alive to give permission to manipulate his voice in such a way, while many felt it was simply a creative storytelling device.

Justin Harrison knows what you're thinking: This sounds like an episode of Black Mirror. He is well aware you probably think it's weird, "creepy, and sort of like mad scientists in a laboratory" tinkering with things they shouldn't. He also knows how quickly that attitude can change, how quickly everything can change, when death fixes its gaze on someone you love. The 39-year-old filmmaker, who lives in Los Angeles, has spent the last two years pouring everything -- his time, his money, his data -- into building a posthumous communication service known as YOV, short for You, Only Virtual. Today, he's got something to show for it.

Good vs. evil – a tale as old as time – but there is always a gray area, especially when it comes to modern AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology The recent objections to using A.I.-generated audio to mimic Anthony Bourdain's voice without disclosing it to viewers in a new documentary is one such example of this tale. Most revolutionary technology can be used for good or bad, and the deepfake like the one used for Bourdain is no exception. Yet, we continue to give the malicious actors the spotlight rather than focusing on the benefits of AI. A Deepfake, or synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced by a computer-generated version, is powered by a host of complex and technical emerging technologies including generative networks, neural rendering and cinematic VFX. All of these technologies have the power to transform how AI systems are built. One of the first truly viral deepfake examples was with none other than Tom Cruise, which launched a lot of conversation around ethics of AI technologies, deepfakes, and what the future of facial recognition and computer vision means for society.

In life, Anthony Bourdain could cook up a right storm in the kitchen. In death, the celebrity chef has cooked up a storm of a whole different flavour. Only it wasn't really him who cooked up that storm. In his new documentary, film-maker Morgan Neville drops a pinch of artificial intelligence into his recipe, using the technology to construct a few lines of voiceover by Bourdain. A lot of critics -- including Bourdain's ex-wife Ottavia -- find Neville's creative choice completely unpalatable, suggesting the end result amounts to little more than a deepfake.

What if you could talk to a digital facsimile of a deceased loved one? Would you really be talking to them? Would you even want to? In recent years, technology has been employed to resurrect the dead, mostly in the form of departed celebrities. Carrie Fisher was digitally rendered in order to reprise her role as Princess Leia in the latest "Star Wars" film.

Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. The revelation that a documentary filmmaker used voice-cloning software to make the late chef Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid ethical concerns about use of the powerful technology. The movie "Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" appeared in cinemas Friday and mostly features real footage of the beloved celebrity chef and globe-trotting television host before he died in 2018. But its director, Morgan Neville, told The New Yorker that a snippet of dialogue was created using artificial intelligence technology.

A gutting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain has arrived. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, from filmmaker Morgan Neville, hits theaters today, Friday, July 16. While most who've seen it seem to agree that the piece, much like the subject matter, is enthralling, questions regarding the ethics of the production have also been raised. Most of this attention is centered on one decision: featuring voiceover quotes from the acclaimed chef and author that, it turns out, he never actually said. As Neville revealed to the New Yorker, he and his team employed artificial intelligence technology to recreate Bourdain's voice to add in a few missing pieces that the director thought filled in holes in the story.

A documentary on the late Anthony Bourdain is drawing attention for its use of artificial intelligence. A New Yorker review of Roadrunner, a documentary on late chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain, is getting plenty of attention thanks to one anecdote mentioned toward the end. In the article, published Thursday, reporter Helen Rosner describes a scene in the film in which artist David Choe, a friend of Bourdain's, reads an e-mail from the late chef, who died by suicide in 2018. The scene starts with Choe's voice before transitioning to Bourdain's, which says, "and my life is sort of shit now. You are successful, and I am successful, and I'm wondering: Are you happy?" Rosner says she asked filmmaker Morgan Neville how he'd found a recording of Bourdain reading the email.

An AI voice generation method was used for the latest Anthony Bourdain documentary, and it aims to capture something that the late personality said, bordering greatly on deepfake. However, these words were never actually said on recording or any media by the late celebrity chef and are something which the director wants to be part of the film. Over the past months and during the pandemic, Deepfake has been used to bring fake news and mislead people into believing a lot of different things on the internet. It already caused alarm to the government, and some of which were taken down by social media platforms as they malign people. According to an interview by The New Yorker, Director Morgan Neville has revealed that he has used artificial intelligence to generate a copy of the voice of the late Anthony Bourdain, to be included in his film.