Nvidia shows AI model that can modify voices, generate novel sounds [Video]

SANTA CLARA, California – Nvidia on Nov 25 showed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model for generating music and audio that can modify voices and generate novel sounds – technology aimed at the producers of music, films and video games.

Nvidia, the world’s biggest supplier of chips and software used to create AI systems, said it does not have immediate plans to publicly release the technology, which it calls Fugatto, short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1.

It joins other technologies shown by start-ups such as Runway and larger players such as Meta Platforms that can generate audio or video from a text prompt.

The version from Nvidia – based in Santa Clara, California – generates sound effects and music from a text description, including novel sounds such as making a trumpet bark like a dog.

What makes it different from other AI technologies is its ability to take …