Deepfakes of images, video, text... and voices! The tentacles of artificial intelligence and algorithmic models are leaving no stone unturned, with projects out there focused exclusively on the voices of politicians, celebrities, public figures, and fictional characters. One of them is FakeYou, which lets us generate fake voices across dozens of categories, with support for six different languages.
Disney is de-aging actors from its major franchises (e.g., Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian) or reviving them directly (Peter Cushing's Moff Tarkin in Rogue One). It also confirmed that from now on, the voice of Darth Vader will be generated using artificial intelligence, with James Earl Jones's blessing. The potential malicious use of this technology is at the center of a debate that may last for years, but its commercial applications already exist... and are slowly reaching the end user.
The creation of images with artificial intelligence is just the beginning. ChatGPT took the web by storm, video generation is advancing at full speed, and then we find projects like FakeYou, which reduces the production of fake celebrity voices to a couple of clicks. You don't need to install any model locally or train algorithms to get started. In fact, you can access its free version without creating an account...
Create fake celebrity voices with FakeYou
The first step is to select a category or language. The options range from anime and video game characters to celebrities and politicians like Barack Obama or Donald Trump. The complete list has 2,724 voices, and most of them have been correctly categorized, but personally I recommend choosing the All Voices option and exploring around.
As for languages, there are six in total: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. Who appears in Spanish? Bart Simpson, SpongeBob, streamers like Coscu and Auronplay, the narrator of Dragon Ball Z, Shakira, Shin-Chan, Tony Soprano, and many more. Obviously, Homer is also there, and his Latin version doesn't sound bad at all...
Still, some results leave much to be desired. For example, Morpheus in The Matrix sounds like a robot, and Bayonetta reminds me of a Brooklyn rapper. Finally, the free FakeYou profile assigns us the minimum processing priority and limits the duration of voices to twelve seconds. If you need more, the basic plan costs $7 per month.
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