In a significant leap forward for voice technology, Microsoft has unveiled a major upgrade to Azure AI Speech that dramatically reduces the amount of audio required to clone a human voice. With the introduction of the DragonV2.1Neural zero-shot text-to-speech (TTS) model, users now need only a...
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In the weeks leading up to Australia’s federal election, a sophisticated pro-Russian influence campaign has been quietly operating in the digital shadows, aiming not directly at voters, but at artificial intelligence systems that millions depend on for information. The operation, centered around...