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.

Researchers at Microsoft have developed an artificially intelligent text-to-speech program at a human level of believability. It is so realistic that creators are keeping the high-tech interface ...

It's still pretty easy to tell whether it's a real person who's talking or a text-to-speech program. But there might come a time when a robot could dupe you into thinking that you're speaking with ...