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Voice Generating-AI Is Now the Plaything of 4Chan

Voice Generating-AI Is Now the Plaything of 4Chan

FromCYBER


Voice Generating-AI Is Now the Plaything of 4Chan

FromCYBER

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

AI has made the voice of Emma Watson say some very strange things, and 4Chan is to blame. But trolls playing with new machine-learning tools aren’t the only villain in this story. Actors are being asked to sign away the rights to their own voice for the purposes of AI reconstruction.Also on today’s episode: Dutch police have been reading encrypted messages; some politicians in the UK want to ban encrypted phones; Apple is looking to roll out a new form of end-to-end encryption; and a police contractor that promised to track homeless people has been hacked.Cypher. We’re bringing it back. For those that don’t know, Cypher is a special edition of Cyber where we decipher the week’s news. It’s a potpourri for the panopticon. A grab bag of tech horror stories. And who better to join us for such an adventure than Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox?Stories discussed in this episode:AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for AbuseUK Proposes Making the Sale and Possession of Encrypted Phones Illegal‘Disrespectful to the Craft:’ Actors Say They’re Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AIDutch Police Read Messages of Encrypted Messenger 'Exclu'Apple's End-to-End iCloud Could Be a Security Game ChangerPolice Contractor That Promised to Track Homeless People HackedWe’re recording CYBER live on Twitch and YouTube. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Ben Makuch talks every week to Motherboard reporters Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.