For AI attendees, voting for real people can be a case where technology goes beyond security and poses a threat to humans (Photo: Reuters).

This week, Amazon announced that it is working on technology that makes the Alexa voice assistant sound like a person, living or dead.

At a conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Amazon Senior Vice President Rohit Prasad said the system would allow Alexa to listen to audio in less than a minute and then emulate any sound.

According to Prasad, the goal is to “keep the memory alive” after “many of us have lost a loved one” during a pandemic.

Amazon makes this technology a sentimental tool, but Twitter users find it “terrible”. Not to mention the security implications of such features.

Jake Moore, Global Cyber ​​Security Advisor at ESET, said:

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Amazon is not the first company to block voice and AI. Microsoft recently restricted which companies could use its software to boost voting, fearing counterfeit concerns.

“Fake audio attacks have already happened against businesses, but they are often created by powerful computers using large amounts of data input. When tech giants add unique features to the masses, it opens up more people to threat levels,” Moore explained.

For AI attendees, voting for real people can be a technology that goes beyond security and poses a threat to humans.

“If someone’s voice can be repeated very easily and quickly, there could be some potentially serious incidents on the horizon. Companies are not just creating this technology. We need to ask ourselves why we need this technology,” Moore said.

Last year, HSBC said phone banking scams had dropped by 50% since the introduction of a biometric security system that verifies customers with their voice.

But what if Alexa could mimic these vows? It’s easy to imagine the possible security nightmares she could cause.

When this technology is actually implemented, experts warn that it is advisable to switch authentication to other verification methods, such as online banking via smartphones, to authenticate bank accounts.