Baidu's Deep Voice can clone speech with less than four seconds of training
The software has dramatic implications for voice biometrics

Baidu’s system can manipulate voices to change their gender or accent
With only a few seconds of audio, the ‘Deep Voice' software developed by China's Baidu is able to clone a human voice - raising fears about the security of biometrics. Baidu has been working on Deep...
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