Never before has it been easier to clone a human voice. New AI tools can take a voice sample, process it, copy it, and say anything in the voice of the original. It's been a thing since as early as 2018, but modern tools can do it faster, more accurately, and with greater ease. OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, presented a project this year that showed how it's possible to clone a voice with nothing more than a 15-second recording. OpenAI's tool isn't yet publicly available and it's said to have security measures in place to prevent misuse.

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