After previewing its new Audiobox generative AI mission 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 based mostly by yourself voice and/or textual content prompts.

As defined by Meta:

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

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

First off, the Audiobox demo gives entry to a variety of parts, together with voice descriptions, sound impact era, audio modifying, and extra.

The primary pattern use case is customized audio era based mostly on textual content prompts

As you possibly can see on this instance, Meta has supplied a number of primary Audiobox check parts, together with a text-to-speech course of that allows you to generate customized audio based mostly on any textual content enter.

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

You may also add customized sounds to your pattern, once more based mostly on textual content prompts.

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

It undoubtedly seemed like me, and I undoubtedly didn’t prefer it. This, after all, may find yourself being a big concern, when it comes to potential misuse, and Meta does make you comply with a variety of phrases and circumstances of use earlier than attempting it.

Nevertheless 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 circumstances 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 broadly accessible, even with the assorted phrases of service circumstances connected.

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

However AI improvement is transferring quick, and Meta needs 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 associate and play the snippet down the road, see if they’ll choose that it’s not really you.