Spotify will use AI to copy and translate podcasters’ voices
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek joins creator and comic Trevor Noah to debate the way forward for storytelling at Spotify Seaside in Cannes, France, on June 20, 2023.
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Spotify on Monday introduced a brand new synthetic intelligence-powered characteristic that may translate podcasts into completely different languages utilizing the host’s personal voice.
The corporate mentioned the characteristic depends on OpenAI’s voice era know-how, which was additionally introduced Monday. The know-how can create “reasonable artificial voices” from just some seconds of speech, OpenAI mentioned in a launch. Spotify mentioned it is going to assist make the podcast listening expertise extra genuine and pure by sustaining podcasters’ “distinctive speech traits.”
Shares of Spotify had been down about 2% Monday morning. Spotify didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
The corporate labored with podcasters similar to Dax Shepard, Lex Fridman, Monica Padman, Steven Bartlett and Invoice Simmons on a choose variety of previous and upcoming episodes. Spotify mentioned the episodes had been initially translated into Spanish, French and German, and they are going to be obtainable to each free customers and paid subscribers within the coming days and weeks, in accordance with the discharge.
Spotify mentioned it plans to make the characteristic accessible for extra creators and languages sooner or later. The corporate is already engaged on comic Trevor Noah’s upcoming new podcast, for example.
“That is only the start,” Spotify mentioned within the launch.
