recently, United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Announce the launch "Speech cloning challenge" (Voice Cloning Challenge) Events, To help promote the development of ideas that protect consumers from the misuse of AI voice cloning for fraud and other harm.

Samuel L. , director of the agency's Bureau of Consumer Protection．Levin (Samuel

Levine) expression: "We will use all tools to prevent the harm caused to the public by the misuse of voice cloning technology. We want to address as many hazards as possible before they reach the market, And enforce the laws when they do make a difference. "

Stephanie, the agency's chief technology officer．nguyen (Stephanie

T. Nguyen) add: "This exploratory challenge leverages our work in FTC One of the many tools. The challenge is designed in such a way that companies are held accountable for the primary and secondary impacts of the products they release. "

As text-to-speech AI technology continues to improve, Voice cloning technology is becoming more and more sophisticated. The technology holds promise for consumers, Such as providing medical assistance to those who may have lost their voices due to an accident or illness. however, At the same time, The agency expressed concern about the way voice cloning technology could be used to harm consumers. Such as, It may make it easier for fraudsters to impersonate family members, Friends or business executives; It may also enable fraudsters to defraud consumers by stealing the voices of creative professionals. Earlier this year, The agency has warned consumers, Be aware of situations where voice cloning technology is used to impersonate others and try to get consumers to give money or personal information to fraudsters. The agency has also been in 2020 A seminar was held at the beginning of the year, Various problems related to speech cloning technology are studied.

FTC It has and will continue to use its enforcement powers to crack down on businesses that misuse technology to harm consumers and competition. The agency's challenge focuses on promoting breakthrough ideas, Aim to prevent, Monitor and evaluate the malicious use of voice cloning technology, Whether in the product, Policy or procedure.

The challenge submitted must involve at least one of the following intervention points:

Prevention or authentication: Methods must be provided to restrict the use or application of voice cloning software by unauthorized users;

Real-time detection or monitoring: A method for detecting cloned speech or using voice cloning technology must be provided; or

Post-use evaluation: You must provide a way to check if the audio clip contains cloned speech.

FTC Be going to 2024 years 1 month 2 solstice 1 month 12 Receive submitted proposals online on a daily basis. Information on how to submit a challenge proposal and the full challenge rules, addressable FTC WEBSITE. The winner will receive 2. 5 A $10, 000 prize.

The voice cloning challenge is the basis of the agency "American competition law" Released the fifth challenge. The goal of these challenges is to facilitate the development of tools that solve consumer problems, Which includes 2012 Aim to solve "Automatic voice telephone" Challenge of problem, and 2017 The year focuses on the challenge of addressing security vulnerabilities associated with iot devices.

FTC The main staff responsible for this is from FTC James from the Bureau of Consumer Protection．Evans (James Evans) And Christina．Barker (Christine Barker) , And from FTC Amrita from the tech office．Jayanti (Amritha Jayanti) .

FTC Says its work is to promote competition, Protect and educate consumers. The user can consumer. ftc. gov Learn more about consumer topics online, Or at ReportFraud. ftc. gov Report fraud, Fraud and bad business practices. Interested parties can also follow on social media FTC, Read consumer alerts and business blogs, And sign up to get the latest FTC News and alerts. (Be compiled from www. ftc. gov)

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