Google Assistant gets John Legend voice, with a little help from AI


  • TECH
  • Friday, 05 Apr 2019

John Legend arrives at the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES: Ever wanted to casually chat with John Legend? Now you can, in the comfort of your own home no less, thanks to a new Google Assistant mode that makes use of Legend’s voice to respond to everyday queries about the weather, random factoids and more. 

However, there’s a twist to this: The responses aren’t just based on recordings of Legend. Instead, Google used artificial intelligence to recreate his voice for customised answers. 

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