Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software can create not only realistic-sounding voices but can also convincingly imitate existing voices using small samples of audio. Along those … Read more
With so much going for Joe Biden – the US economy is strong, inflation is falling, crime is dropping and his GOP opponent Donald Trump is about to stand trial on criminal charges in New York, the US president would expect to see a reward in the polls. Finally, it may have come. Biden has … Read more
“For years, all I’ve heard from my Republican friends and so many others is [that] China’s on the rise and America is falling behind. They’ve got it backward,” he said. Highlights from Biden’s 2024 State of the Union speech Eliciting a standing ovation from his party colleagues, Biden pointed out that his administration was not … Read more
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in an AI-generated audio-video message on Saturday claimed victory in the general elections and termed his arch-rival Nawaz Sharif a “stupid” person. Khan’s message was uploaded on the official X account of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. In the video, he congratulated the people on the election results … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) has described President Bola Tinubu’s New Year day broadcast to Nigerians as an arrogant display of dishonesty and disregard for citizens of the country. The party stated this in a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh. President Tinubu in his New Year’s broadcast to the nation on … Read more
