AI versus Marshy - AI Cloned Voice of Marshy versus Marshy

Welcome to this special edition of AI versus Marshy, where I’m pitting myself against AI in various challenges. As it’s a quieter time of year, I’ve been able to explore some exciting tools and features. One of these is the ability to clone a voice model of myself, which I’ll be sharing with you today. The original premise behind the name of this newsletter was to pit myself against AI in a variety of challenges. Because it’s a quieter time of year - I was able to realise this ambition playing with a voice clone of myself. Play.ht is a tool that lets you clone a voice model of yourself that can then read out additional bits of your content. The use cases for this are immediately obvious: We can write a hell of a lot of more content than we can speak So with a tool like this you can record a snippet of yourself, and then use that training to read all of your work. I mentioned recording a video for subscribers and so here I am honouring my promise: ​ ​ YouTube link ​ The results were impressive. I used the free version of the tool and uploaded a ~25 second snippet of myself. This was enough for the free version of the model to “clone” my voice and have a go at reading as “Marshy”. If I wanted to pay for and use this service, I could train the model more extensively with more audio. It was weird hearing a version of my voice - it sounded less energetic and more “proper”. I’m anything but that. I do see how this could be used by others - and like everything AI - the technology is only going to get better and scarier. 2. ChatGPT voice for iOS and Android From Tim Harris . Some users of ChatGPT Pro can use ChatGPT voice on their phones. This works by talking to the app and having it talk back to you instead of typing. I can see the appeal - especially when on the move and wanting to nut out a problem (I love the idea of doing this with a voice agent while driving solo). Originally appeared in newsletter : AI versus Marshy #28: cloning myself, ChatGPT with voice, + plug