EP3: AI Voice Cloning and Snapchat Spectacles

TECH GIRL ENERGY: The Weekly Debrief 

Episode 3 –  AI Voice Cloning and Snapchat Spectacles  

1) With the advancement of AI technology including voice synthesis – a bank is warning that fraudsters could imitate a person’s voice by using videos uploaded on social media – how do we combat the rise of smarter scams? 

AI Voice Cloning Scam: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/starling-bank-james-nesbitt-people-royal-bank-of-scotland-metro-bank-b2614606.html 

2) This week Snapchat revealed its 5th Generation Snap Spectacles with a new OS and gesture-controlled mixed-reality. We’ve seen multiple companies try to make AR glasses a successful product; what is hindering adoption? 

Snap Spectacles: 

https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/snap-spectacles-take-the-big-leap-to-ar-with-new-glasses-a-new-os-and-lots-of-gesture-controlled-mixed-reality 

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