Marketplace Tech With Molly Wood

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC.Voice cloning is becoming easier, faster and more convincing. Artificial Intelligence makes it possible to change the age of an actor’s voice, translate words into any language, and replace a voice lost through illness. But it’s also increasingly being used by criminals to impersonate a loved one, extort money or compromise bank accounts. It’s changing how we communicate with each other and how we trust each other.Respeecher is a Ukrainian AI company at the forefront of cloning speech that’s indistinguishable from a human voice. They’ve worked on Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, cloning James Earl Jones’ voice for Darth Vader. And along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company won an Emmy Award for turning an actor’s voice into President Nixon in the short film, “In Event of Moon Disaster.”Alex Serdiuk, Respeecher’s founder and CEO, said the process is much quicker.“We had to get several hours of Nixon’s voice from the Nixon library. Now we can d