<p>Recently, OpenAI introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered bot ChatGPT for public testing and it just took over the internet by storm. </p>.<p>People are in awe of ChatGPT's smart repartee to queries and many are calling it a big leap in technology. However, it has spooked Google into overdrive mode to improve its search engine before ChatGPT could do any damage to its business.</p>.<p>Impressed with ChatGPT's prowess, Microsoft is contemplating to invests a whopping $10 billion in Sam Altman-led company OpenAI. There are reports of the company implementing ChatGPT's tech in its newer version of its own Edge browser and Bing search applications.</p>.<p>Now, the Redmond-based company has announced VALL-E, an AI-based neural codec language model that can replicate anybody's voice, and what's more interesting is that it needs just three seconds of audio recording.</p>.<p>Just give a text, and it will speak in a particular person's voice with ease. It is said that VALL-E's speech can match the timbre and even emotional tone of the speaker, and also the acoustic environment of a room too.</p>.<p>Must read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/chatgpt-a-code-red-for-google-s-search-business-1175098.html" target="_blank">ChatGPT: A ‘code red’ for Google’s search business</a></p>.<p>"During the pre-training stage, we scale up the TTS (Text-To-Speech synthesis) training data to 60,000 hours of English speech which is hundreds of times larger than existing systems. VALL-E emerges in-context learning capabilities and can be used to synthesize high-quality personalized speech with only a 3-second enrolled recording of an unseen speaker as an acoustic prompt," reads Microsoft's research paper. </p>.<p>For now, Microsoft will not be making the VALL-E's source code public just yet, as it may be misused. </p>.<p>Even the research paper on ChatGPT has revealed that people may use it to spread propaganda and disinformation.</p>.<p>Microsoft will further test the VALL-E more rigorously to ensure, there is less scope for misuse. </p>.<p>So, don't hold your breath. It will be a while before VALL-E makes it to the public domain.</p>.<p><em>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps, cybersecurity, and more on personal technology only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech?_ga=2.210580691.73733284.1595225125-1706599323.1592232366" target="_blank">DH Tech</a>.</em></p>
<p>Recently, OpenAI introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered bot ChatGPT for public testing and it just took over the internet by storm. </p>.<p>People are in awe of ChatGPT's smart repartee to queries and many are calling it a big leap in technology. However, it has spooked Google into overdrive mode to improve its search engine before ChatGPT could do any damage to its business.</p>.<p>Impressed with ChatGPT's prowess, Microsoft is contemplating to invests a whopping $10 billion in Sam Altman-led company OpenAI. There are reports of the company implementing ChatGPT's tech in its newer version of its own Edge browser and Bing search applications.</p>.<p>Now, the Redmond-based company has announced VALL-E, an AI-based neural codec language model that can replicate anybody's voice, and what's more interesting is that it needs just three seconds of audio recording.</p>.<p>Just give a text, and it will speak in a particular person's voice with ease. It is said that VALL-E's speech can match the timbre and even emotional tone of the speaker, and also the acoustic environment of a room too.</p>.<p>Must read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/chatgpt-a-code-red-for-google-s-search-business-1175098.html" target="_blank">ChatGPT: A ‘code red’ for Google’s search business</a></p>.<p>"During the pre-training stage, we scale up the TTS (Text-To-Speech synthesis) training data to 60,000 hours of English speech which is hundreds of times larger than existing systems. VALL-E emerges in-context learning capabilities and can be used to synthesize high-quality personalized speech with only a 3-second enrolled recording of an unseen speaker as an acoustic prompt," reads Microsoft's research paper. </p>.<p>For now, Microsoft will not be making the VALL-E's source code public just yet, as it may be misused. </p>.<p>Even the research paper on ChatGPT has revealed that people may use it to spread propaganda and disinformation.</p>.<p>Microsoft will further test the VALL-E more rigorously to ensure, there is less scope for misuse. </p>.<p>So, don't hold your breath. It will be a while before VALL-E makes it to the public domain.</p>.<p><em>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps, cybersecurity, and more on personal technology only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech?_ga=2.210580691.73733284.1595225125-1706599323.1592232366" target="_blank">DH Tech</a>.</em></p>
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