Amazon is training Alexa to imitate voices of real people, including the dead

Amazon has been working for years on boosting Alexa’s capabilities beyond setting timers and playing music (Photo: Reuters) — Amazon has been working for years on boosting Alexa’s capabilities beyond setting timers and playing music (Photo: Reuters)

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2 min read . Updated: 01 Jul 2022, 01:10 AM IST Joseph De Avila, The Wall Street Journal

E-commerce giant says its virtual assistant needs less than one minute of an audio recording to mimic someone’s speech

Amazon.com Inc. is developing a voice-mimicking feature for its virtual assistant Alexa that replicates the speech of people alive and dead, joining other companies that are experimenting with creating digital memories of people after death.