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Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online

Sesame's new AI voice model features uncanny imperfections, and it's willing to act like an angry boss. In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice assistants. Nearly 12 years later, that fictional premise has veered closer to reality with the release of a new conversational voice model from AI startup Sesame that has left many users both fascinated and unnerved. "I tried the demo, and it was genuinely startling how human i...

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