AI voice tool ‘misused’ as deepfakes flood web forum

Eleven Labs tweeted on Jan 30 that it had been a ‘crazy weekend’ and admitted to finding ‘an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases’ just days after it released a demo version of the tool. — Image by Freepik

PARIS: A British AI firm said it was rethinking its “safeguards” after its audio tool was used to clone celebrity voices and have them say racist and homophobic slurs.

Eleven Labs tweeted on Jan 30 that it had been a “crazy weekend” and admitted to finding “an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases” just days after it released a demo version of the tool.