AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

New research shows models can be directly edited to hide selected voices, even when users specifically ask for them.

AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people – Mnnofa

AI companies generally keep a tight grip on their models to discourage misuse. For example, if you ask ChatGPT to give you someone’s phone number or instructions for doing something illegal, it will likely just tell you it cannot help. However, as many examples over time have shown, clever prompt engineering or model fine-tuning can sometimes get these models to say things they otherwise wouldn’t. The unwanted information may still be hiding som…