We recognize that generating speech that resembles people’s voices has serious risks, that are especially top of mind in an election yr. We’re engaging with U.S. and international partners from across government, media, entertainment, education, civil society and beyond to make sure we’re incorporating their feedback as we construct. 

The partners testing Voice Engine today have agreed to our usage policies, which prohibit the impersonation of one other individual or organization without consent or legal right. As well as, our terms with these partners require explicit and informed consent from the unique speaker and we don’t allow developers to construct ways for individual users to create their very own voices. Partners must also clearly open up to their audience that the voices they’re hearing are AI-generated. Finally, we now have implemented a set of safety measures, including watermarking to trace the origin of any audio generated by Voice Engine, in addition to proactive monitoring of the way it’s getting used. 

We consider that any broad deployment of synthetic voice technology ought to be accompanied by voice authentication experiences that confirm that the unique speaker is knowingly adding their voice to the service and a no-go voice list that detects and prevents the creation of voices which are too much like outstanding figures.