LEADING THE WAY. THE POTENTIAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS BEING UNLOCKED IN ABOUT EVERY FIELD, FROM MEDICINE TO SPACE TRAVEL TO CRIME. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE WEBSITES WHERE THE LATEST IN AI WILL MAKE A CLONE OF YOUR VOICE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HAPPENING THESE DAYS. WITH AI, THE DEVICE WILL SAY ANYTHING YOU TYPE AND IT WILL SOUND JUST LIKE YOU. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S BRIAN HAMRICK TESTED IT OUT, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF IT, BOTH GOOD AND BAD. EVEN THE BIGGEST WAVE OF INNOVATION BEGINS AS A DROP WEIR. A DROP OF WATER, A DROP OF WATER WHICH WILL TURN INTO THE ACTUAL OCEAN OF USAGE. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CLICK TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE TRICKLE OF INFORMATION HAS BROKEN OPEN THE FLOODGATES. JOHN SALISBURY IS CEO OF NEXT-GEN. WE’RE SEEING THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL TRANSFORM SOCIETY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SUMMER. CRENSHAW IS CEO OF ENTERPRISE TECH ASSOCIATION. THE EARLY ADOPTERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOP, WARNING, HEY, THIS IS HERE. THIS INSTEAD OF THIS IS COMING. THIS IS HERE, AND IT’S HERE WITH DANGERS WRAPPED INSIDE SOME UNASSUMING TOOLS. SO WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IS WE’RE GOING TO DO A VOICE CLONE. AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THIS IS WE CONDUCT ABOUT A 32ND SAMPLE OF YOUR VOICE. LET’S GIVE IT A TRY. I’M GOING TO READ SOME TEXT OUT AND THAT’S GOING TO HELP IT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I SOUND LIKE. VOICE CLONING USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A DIGITAL REPLICA OF A PERSON’S VOICE. THAT’S ME. BUT HERE’S THE CLONE, NOT A RECORDING, BUT THE CLONE SAYING THE SAME THING. VOICE CLONING USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A DIGITAL REPLICA OF A PERSON’S VOICE. PRETTY CLOSE. AT THIS POINT, THE CLONE USES MY VOICE TO SAY ANYTHING WE TYPE, BUT HOW GOOD IS IT? WHAT DO WE DO? TYPE IT IN AS WE GO? THAT’S CORRECT, I KNOW. LET’S CALL MOM. HELLO. I’M TESTING OUT SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR A STORY. I’M JUST CALLING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THERE MIGHT BE A DELAY BECAUSE. YEAH. WHAT’S GOING ON? DO I SOUND OKAY OR DOES ANYTHING SOUND WEIRD ABOUT MY VOICE? YOU SOUND OKAY. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE AND EVERYTHING. THING. I FINALLY TELL HER IT WASN’T REALLY ME ON THE PHONE. I WENT ON HERE. YEAH, I HAD GENERATED MY VOICE FOR WITH I. I WAS JUST TRYING TO TRICK YOU, THAT’S ALL. OKAY. TALK TO YOU LATER. ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE. BYE. BYE, GUY TIME. FORTUNATELY, NOT ALL TRICKS ARE AS HUMOROUS AS THE FLOW OF AI GROWS. CLONING VOICES WITH AI IS SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW, WITH JUST 30S OF YOUR VOICE OFF OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED. PEOPLE CAN EXTORT MONEY USING YOUR VOICE. THIS PROGRAM WAS CONSUMER GRADE RIGHT OFF THE INTERNET AND SO IS THIS. THIS IS MY DIGITAL TWIN. AND NOT ME SPEAKING. THIS IS THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE SAME THING. NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL REQUIRE NEW SECURITY METHODS. I COULD HAVE A SECRET PASSCODE THAT MY FAMILY HAS. YOU NEED TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN VALIDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THAT HUMAN CONNECTION, AND THAT’S ONE WAY THAT WE CAN SOMEWHAT PROTECT OURSELVES AS WE ALL SET SAIL ON THE RISING TIDE OF AI. WHILE THE MOST OBVIOUS ISSUES IN THIS CASE ARE THOSE CRIMINALS WHO CAN EXPAND WHAT THEY DO NOW, THE ONES WHO CALL YOUR FAMILY AND SAY YOU NEED HELP, BUT NOW THEY’RE USING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR ACTUAL VOICE TO DO IT. THAT’S WHY THOSE FAMILY PASSWORDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. BR