CANNES, FRANCE – JUNE 20: Spotify’s CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Ek (L) joins writer and comic Trevor Noah to debate the way forward for storytelling at Spotify Seaside on June 20, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos for Spotify)
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Spotify on Monday introduced a brand new synthetic intelligence-powered function that may translate podcasts into totally different languages utilizing the host’s personal voice.
The corporate stated the function depends on OpenAI’s voice technology know-how, which was additionally introduced Monday. The know-how can create “life like artificial voices” from only a few seconds of speech, OpenAI stated in a launch. Spotify stated it would assist make the podcast listening expertise extra genuine and pure by sustaining podcasters’ “distinctive speech traits.”
Shares of Spotify had been down round 2% Monday morning. Spotify didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
The corporate labored with podcasters like Dax Shepard, Lex Fridman, Monica Padman, Steven Bartlett and Invoice Simmons on a choose variety of previous and upcoming episodes. Spotify stated the episodes had been initially translated into Spanish, French and German, and they are going to be accessible to each free customers and paid subscribers within the coming days and weeks, based on the discharge.
Spotify stated it plans to make the function accessible for extra creators and languages sooner or later. The corporate is already engaged on the comic Trevor Noah’s upcoming new podcast, for example.
“That is just the start,” Spotify stated within the launch.
