President Biden praised the transformation that artificial intelligence (AI) could bring to the world, but warned that companies developing AI must first “earn trust.”
“Artificial intelligence and the companies that harness its potential will change the lives of people around the world. There’s no question about that,” Biden said. wrote on social media platform. “But first they have to earn our trust.”
“I am committed to doing everything in my power to promote and demand safe, secure, reliable, and responsible innovation. This includes the use of AI-generated audio,” the President said. continued. “We urge AI companies to join us in that effort.”
His oath came months after a digitally altered audio was created to sound like President Biden’s voice urging New Hampshire voters not to vote in the Democratic primary earlier this year. The call was the latest example of how AI will be used during the campaign, as Biden and former President Trump prepare for a rematch in November.
The post also follows concerns from Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson, who revealed on Monday that she was “shocked” and “angered” by OpenAI’s rollout of a voice assistant in ChatGPT that sounds “eerily similar” to hers. She said the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, had reached out to her about providing the voice for the AI, but she declined.
Last week, the company began demoing an assistant with Sky voice.
“When I heard the public demo, I was shocked and angry, and I couldn’t believe that Mr. Altman would go after a voice so eerily similar to mine that close friends and the press couldn’t tell it apart.” ” she said in a statement. To The Hill.
“Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, Mr. Altman contacted my agent and asked us to reconsider,” she continued. “The system existed before we could connect.”
OpenAI said in a statement Monday that “Sky”‘s voice does not imitate Johansson’s voice.
“We believe that AI voices should not intentionally imitate the distinctive voices of celebrities,” the company wrote. “Skye’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson, but is that of another professional actress using her own natural speaking voice.”
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