Technology

37443 readers

308 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org

gyrfalcon@beehaw.org

rs5th@beehaw.org

Los@beehaw.org

coldredlight@beehaw.org

SemioticStandard@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@kbin.social

remington@beehaw.org

Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dangerous for public release. - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to c/technology@beehaw.org

24 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Meta announced a new AI model called Voicebox yesterday, one it says is the most versatile yet for speech generation, but it’s not releasing it yet: The model is still only a research project, but Meta says can generate speech in six languages from samples as short as two seconds and could be used for “natural, authentic” translation in the future, among other things.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't believe convincing everyone your new tech may destroy civilization is how you build hype nowadays.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Well guess its a good way to attract sociopathic investors

[–] shipp@mastodon.coffee 7 points 1 year ago

@luciole @realcaseyrollins so far it seems like it's been working lol