The actors' union SAG-AFTRA has signed an agreement with AI cloning startup Narrativ, allowing actors to legally license their voices for AI-generated audio advertisements. The agreement ensures that actors have the right to understand and reject brand proposals, set prices, and negotiate for fair compensation. SAG-AFTRA's benefit plans will receive a share of the advertising revenue, though the specific percentage has not been disclosed. This agreement aims to address the widespread dissemination of AI-cloned voices without authorization, following ongoing concerns within the AI industry.

Recently, the Stability AI team introduced a new open-source audio generation model named Stable Audio Open. This model's unique feature is its ability to generate stereo audio up to 47 seconds long from text prompts, with a sampling rate as high as 44.1kHz.Product Entry:https://top.aibase.com/tool/stable-audio-open-demo Unlike many popular audio generation models currently available, Stable Audio Open's weights are open, meaning anyone can view, modify, and extend this model. This design philos

The AliTongyi Lab recently opened sourced a large-scale audio generation model project called FunAudioLLM, aiming to enhance the natural voice interaction experience between humans and Large Language Models (LLMs). The project consists of two core models: SenseVoice and CosyVoice. CosyVoice focuses on natural voice generation, featuring multi-language support, voice and emotion control functions, and excels in multi-language voice generation, zero-shot voice generation, cross-language voice synt