“AI Startup ElevenLabs’ Tools Suspected in Deepfake Biden Robocall, according to Researchers: A Machiavellian Plot or a Case of Technological Mischief?”

“Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs”

“An obscure security startup named ElevenPaths has developed technology that it hopes will suppress those calls, using AI to analyze the voice on the other end of the line. Rather than simply filtering out known spammers, the firm’s software attempts to determine whether the voice on the call is human or a voice synthesis A.I.” In this bold initiative, an unknown security firm, ElevenPaths, has thrown itself headfirst into the mission of silencing the droning robocalls. Leaning heavily upon artificial intelligence, this company aims to sift through the endless chatter and decipher whether the ‘person’ on the other end is indeed a person or just a soulless voice synthesist.

Moving away from the conventional practice of merely yanking out known spammers from the line, a practice fraught with the potential of banning authentic voices too, ElevenPaths seeks to introduce a nuanced approach. This is a technique that delves deeper, evaluating the voice on the line to make a call on its authenticity. It’s about time someone started using AI to fight back against the robotic monotony, don’t you think?

Devoted to their quest, ElevenPaths ponds the thought, “If we train a model to focus only on unique human voice traits, we might drastically reduce the false positives.” So, they’re picking up the very essence of what it means to be ‘human.’ That’s a tall order, like teaching a robot to appreciate a sunset. But then again, in a world where we’re teaching cars to drive themselves, probably it’s not so far-fetched!

However, when the ensemble includes powerful AI players from OpenAI’s impersonation of former President Joe Biden, lingering doubts surface on the efficacy of such a system. But who are we to cast the first stone? Let ElevenPaths toil away at their masterplan to end our robocall suffering. After all, everyone loves a good ‘David versus Goliath’ story, even if in this case Goliath is a multi-billion-dollar industry of relentless robocalls punishing us for daring to answer our phones.

The idea of an AI battling against synthetic voices can effortlessly rest on a backdrop of a science fiction dystopian novel. But in reality, this signals the dawn of heightened cyber confrontation, escalating the interplay between AI savants. What a time to be alive – or to be an AI!

In the end, though as elusive as eradicating robocalls may seem, ElevenPaths is staking its claim, and one can’t help feeling a bit excited for the underdog attempting to drag the tech Goliaths down to earth. So, to ElevenPaths: Good luck! We’re all suffering and praying for you to save us from the relentless ringing.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/biden-robocall-deepfake-elevenlabs/