A technique known as machine unlearning" could teach AI models to forget specific voices-an important step in stopping the rise of audio deepfakes, where someone's voice is copied to carry out fraud or scams. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have revolutionized the quality of text-to-speech technology so that people can convincingly re-create a piece of...

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. AI text-to-speech programs could one day unlearn" how to imitate certain people The news: A new technique known as machine unlearning" could be used to teach AI models to forget specific voices. How...