British artificial intelligence (AI) company Eleven Labs admitted to seeing "increasing abuse of fake voices" after a trial version of its audio tool was released days after it was used to fake the voices of celebrities and say racist and homophobic words. case”, the company is reviewing its own “protective measures”.

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(CNA) British artificial intelligence (AI) company Eleven Labs said today it was reviewing its "safeguards" after its audio tool was used to mimic the voices of celebrities and make them say racist and homophobic words.

Eleven Labs tweeted that the company had a "crazy weekend" and admitted it had seen "increasing abuse of fake voices" just days after releasing a beta version of the tool, AFP reported.

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Eleven Labs did not provide details of the cases, but said the online forum 4chan has been flooded with deepfakes using celebrity voices to swear racist, sexist and homophobic terms.

Eleven Labs was mentioned in numerous posts, with some users claiming to have been banned from the company, while others provided links to a trial version of the tool.

The 4chan forum is notorious for being full of offensive jokes.

Celebrities whose voices have been stolen by forum users include the stars of the "Harry Potter" movies, as well as film directors Quentin Tarantino, George Lucas and others.

Eleven labs claims that its sound imitation technology has the potential to "renovate the way content is produced, expressed and interacted in various industries."

Eleven labs once produced a promotional video that imitated the voices of other celebrities to dub movie star Leonardo DiCaprio (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Eleven labs tweeted today that its technology is "overwhelmingly used for positive purposes" but that "additional safeguards" are still needed. Options under consideration include manually checking each counterfeit request, or making account authentication measures more complex. strict.