30.07.2025

AI voices – deceptively realistic?

Maria Pawelec in an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk

AI voices – deceptively realistic? TThe new episode of the podcast ‘IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung’ (IQ – Science and Research) by Bayerischer Rundfunk explores this question.

The podcast examines what makes the human voice unique, how AI works behind voice synthesis (based on statistical predictions), and what can be done with this ‘army of voices’ – from AI-based chatbots and AI assistants to the digital afterlife industry and projects in the film industry or for historical and political education.

In the podcast, Maria Pawelec discusses, among other things, the ethical challenges of deepfakes of deceased people and the opportunities of voice synthesis for people with illnesses.

To the podcast: https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/iq-wissenschaft-und-forschung/ki-stimmen-taeuschend-echt/2108936