After previewing its new Audiobox generative AI venture final month, which might replicate your voice utilizing simply seconds of pattern audio, Meta has now launched a publicly accessible demo of the method, which allows you to create customized audio samples primarily based by yourself voice and/or textual content prompts.

As defined by Meta:

“Audiobox is Meta’s new basis analysis mannequin for audio technology. It may well generate voices and sound results utilizing a mix of voice inputs and pure language textual content prompts – making it simple to create customized audio for a variety of use instances.”

And it’s fairly good, although additionally fairly freaky.

First off, the Audiobox demo gives entry to a variety of components, together with voice descriptions, sound impact technology, audio enhancing, and extra.

The primary pattern use case is customized audio technology primarily based on textual content prompts

As you possibly can see on this instance, Meta has supplied just a few fundamental Audiobox take a look at components, together with a text-to-speech course of that allows you to generate customized audio primarily based on any textual content enter.

There are solely two system voices to make use of within the demo, “Alice” or “Emily”, nevertheless it offers you an thought of what the method can do, when it comes to translating customized textual content into different audio streams.

You can even add customized sounds to your pattern, once more primarily based on textual content prompts.

However the freaky half is the choice to generate your individual voice:

It positively appeared like me, and I positively didn’t prefer it. This, in fact, might find yourself being a major concern, when it comes to potential misuse, and Meta does make you conform to a variety of phrases and situations of use earlier than attempting it.

However it’s fairly good, fairly correct. Uncomfortably so.

It’s the most recent in Meta’s rising slate of generative AI instruments, that are set to see various use instances in its apps over the subsequent yr. And whereas Meta’s nonetheless constructing in safety parameters, it’s a concern that it’s making such instruments extra extensively accessible, even with the varied phrases of service situations hooked up.

I’m unsure the world is prepared for it, in all honesty, and with numerous elections developing, I can think about a variety of points arising from potential misuse.

However AI growth is shifting quick, and Meta desires to maintain up.

If you wish to see how good it’s at replicating your voice, you possibly can try it out for your self right here. Name your companion and play the snippet down the road, see if they will decide that it’s not really you.