Posted 1/4/2024, 2:30:36 PM
FTC Launches $25,000 Contest Seeking Ways to Detect AI Voice Cloning Used for Fraud
- The FTC has launched a $25,000 Voice Cloning Challenge seeking ideas to detect AI-enabled voice cloning used for fraud.
- Voice cloning uses AI to imitation someone's voice from a short audio sample and can be used for phishing and scams.
- The challenge aims to find solutions that can identify cases of voice cloning enabled by AI as the technology advances.
- Submissions are open until January 12th and require a 1-page overview and up to a 10-page detailed description.
- If no effective defense ideas come out of the challenge, it will alert policymakers on the need for regulation of AI technology.