{"id":44324,"date":"2024-04-08T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/ftc-announces-winners-of-voice-cloning-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:28:59","slug":"ftc-announces-winners-of-voice-cloning-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/ftc-announces-winners-of-voice-cloning-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Announces Winners of Voice Cloning Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Federal Trade Commission has chosen four winning submissions for its\u00a0Voice Cloning Challenge<\/a> to promote the development of ideas to protect consumers from the misuse of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning for fraud and other harms.<\/p>\n \u201cTapping American ingenuity is critical to solving big abuses like deceptive voice cloning,\u201d said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection. \u201cWhen it comes to AI-driven fraud, the FTC will continue using every tool to deter harmful practices, shut down bad actors, and spur innovative proposals to help protect consumers.”<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re recognizing people who are pushing science forward and proposing different options to ensure a robust landscape of solutions,\u201d said Stephanie T. Nguyen, the FTC\u2019s Chief Technologist. \u201cThese exciting solutions show that a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary to prevent the harms posed by voice cloning.\u201d<\/p>\n The panel of judges\u2014Princeton Computer Science Professor Arvind Narayanan, Britt Paris, assistant professor at Rutgers University\u2019s School of Communication & Information, and Beau Woods, CEO of Stratigos Security and a Cyber Safety Innovation Fellow with the Atlantic Council\u2014chose\u00a0three top submissions from individuals and small organizations, who will split a total of $35,000 in prize money. They are:<\/p>\n The fourth\u00a0winning submission is from a large organization, Pindrop Security, which received the Recognition Award.\u00a0The Pindrop team was comprised of Elie Khoury, Anthony Stankus, Ketuman Sardesai, and Amanda Braun.\u00a0Pindrop\u2019s Voice Cloning Detection technology<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>detects voice clones and audio deepfakes in real time. The technology evaluates each\u00a0incoming phone call or digital audio in two-second chunks and flags those that are potential deep fakes. (Large organizations were not eligible for monetary prizes.)<\/p>\n The four winning submissions demonstrate the potential for cutting edge technology to help mitigate risks of voice cloning in the marketplace. They promote innovative approaches on which key consumer protections can be built. At the same time, the results of the challenge highlight that there is no single solution to this problem. Given this, in addition to the Voice Cloning Challenge, the FTC also has proposed a comprehensive ban\u00a0on impersonation fraud<\/a>, and has affirmed that the\u00a0Telemarketing Sales Rule<\/a> applies to AI-enabled scam calls.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n