Tech Brew Ride Home Thu. 06/23 – What If My Voice Was Your Alexa?
Jun 23, 2022
Imagine your Alexa speaking in the voice of a loved one—it's not far off! Explore the ethics of real-time accent alterations in tech. Instagram is stepping up its child protection with new age verification tools, but are they enough? Meanwhile, Brave Search is surging in popularity, boasting a customizable search option. Plus, Netflix is getting crafty with ad partnerships to boost revenue. Dive into how these tech innovations are reshaping our interactions and expectations!
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Alexa Mimicking Voices
- Amazon is working on a feature that allows Alexa to mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio.
- This raises potential copyright issues and ethical concerns about mimicking deceased loved ones' voices.
Accent-Changing AI
- Sanas, a startup, developed AI to change users' accents in real time.
- This technology raises ethical concerns about obscuring identity and accommodating prejudices.
Wafer-Scale Chip for AI
- Cerebras's wafer-scale chip trained a 20-billion parameter AI model on a single device.
- This achievement simplifies AI model training, potentially supporting even trillion-parameter models.