Spotify to Use AI to Translate Podcasts into Other Languages While Keeping Hosts' Voices
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Spotify will use AI to replicate podcasters' voices and translate podcasts into different languages while maintaining hosts' distinctive speech patterns.
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Spotify worked with popular podcasters like Dax Shepard, Lex Fridman, and Bill Simmons on translating select episodes into Spanish, French and German.
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Translated episodes will be available to both free and premium Spotify users over the next few weeks.
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced the new voice translation feature with comedian Trevor Noah at an event in Cannes.
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The technology relies on OpenAI's new voice generation system that can mimic voices from just seconds of audio.
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