{"id":43121,"date":"2023-11-16T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/ftc-announces-exploratory-challenge-to-prevent-the-harms-of-ai-enabled-voice-cloning\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:45:16","slug":"ftc-announces-exploratory-challenge-to-prevent-the-harms-of-ai-enabled-voice-cloning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/ftc-announces-exploratory-challenge-to-prevent-the-harms-of-ai-enabled-voice-cloning\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Announces Exploratory Challenge to Prevent the Harms of AI-enabled Voice Cloning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal Trade Commission is announcing the Voice Cloning Challenge to help promote the development of ideas to protect consumers from the misuse of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning for fraud and other harms. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“We will use every tool to prevent harm to the public stemming from abuses of voice cloning technology,\u201d said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection. \u201cWe want to address harms before they hit the marketplace, and enforce the law when they do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis exploratory challenge leverages one of our many tools at the FTC,\u201d added Stephanie T. Nguyen, the FTC\u2019s Chief Technology Officer. \u201cThe challenge is crafted in a way that ensures companies are responsible for the first- and second-order effects of the products they release.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Voice cloning technology has grown more sophisticated as text-to-speech AI technology has improved. The technology holds promise for consumers, such as medical assistance for those who may have lost their voices due to accident or illness. At the same time, the FTC has raised concerns about ways that voice cloning technology could be used to harm consumers. For example, it could make it easier for scammers to impersonate family, friends, or business executives; it could also en<\/span>able fraudsters to deceive consumers by appropriating the voices of creative professionals. Earlier this year, the <\/span>FTC warned consumers<\/a> about the use of <\/span>voice cloning to impersonate others to try to get consumers to giv<\/span>e scammers money or personal information. And the FTC held a <\/span>workshop in early 2020<\/a> that examined various issues related to voice cloning technology. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The FTC has and will continue to use its enforcement authority to target companies that misuse technology to harm consumers and competition. The challenge the FTC is launching today is focused on promoting the development of breakthrough ideas aimed at preventing, monitoring, and evaluating malicious use of voice cloning technology, whether it is a product, policy, or procedure. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge submissions must address at least one of these in<\/span>tervention points:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n