WellSaid Clones Voice of NPR’s Planet Money Host, Robert Smith, in First-Ever Artificial Intelligence Podcast

SEATTLE, June 7, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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NPR’s Planet Money commissioned WellSaid Labs to create an AI Voice Avatar of their beloved former host, Robert Smith.

WellSaid Labs, the industry’s best-in-class provider of AI voices, collaborated with NPR Planet Money hosts Kenny Malone and Jeff Guo to broadcast the first-ever episode of the public radio podcast written and voiced with Artificial Intelligence. The collaboration showcases the ability of the WellSaid Labs’ proprietary Generative AI Voice Models to create an indistinguishable replica of a human voice.

Listeners of Planet Money know the distinctive voice of Robert Smith, long-time host and NPR personality. With Smith’s consent, the WellSaid team created an AI version of his voice using recordings from previous episodes. Senior Machine Learning Engineer Rhyan Johnson led the project.

“The process of synthesizing a voice is really aligning the sounds that are in the audio files and in the data,” said Johnson. “We are capturing all of the combinations of frequencies and vibrations that are inherent to a human voice. But the machine is just guessing sounds, and eventually, after hundreds of thousands of guesses, those tones and those patterns turn into something that sounds like a real person’s voice to the listener.”

The implications of this achievement are significant. Unlike other voice models that can emulate a person for short audio snippets, the WellSaid Model of Robert Smith’s voice can accurately predict his natural speech patterns over long stretches of speech, such as a podcast. 

The WellSaid team carefully reviewed all ethical standards and considerations with the podcast creators before proceeding.

“While the underlying technology of Generative AI is software — 0s and 1s, bits, and data — what you hear is a replica of a real human’s voice,” said Martin Ramirez, Chief Revenue Officer at WellSaid. “Because of this, we spend a lot of attention and effort doing our best to steward this technology the best we can. To expose voice cloning capabilities on the internet without guardrails is irresponsible, lazy, and unethical. We stand against the misuse of this technology, and this is why you’ve never seen a marketing stunt by WellSaid cloning anyone’s (dead or alive) voice without their consent or allowing people to create AI voices of celebrities and nations’ leaders just for giggles.”

The final podcast episode of the series features Synthetic Robert alongside co-host Kenny Malone having an engaging conversation. 

Read more about NPR’s First AI Podcast episode here: https://wellsaidlabs.com/blog/npr-planet-money-host-robert-smith-clones-voice/ 

About WellSaid Labs

WellSaid Labs is the leading AI text-to-speech technology company and the first synthetic media service to achieve human parity in voice. Creators, product developers, and brands alike power up their stories and digital experiences with a wide variety of voice styles, accents, and languages — at scale. For more information, go to www.wellsaidlabs.com

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Aimpoint Digital is proud to announce its designation as a Snowflake Elite Services Partner, the highest tier level within Snowflake’s partner network.

ATLANTA, June 7, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Aimpoint Digital, a leading analytics firm dedicated to reshaping organizations with data, is proud to announce its designation as a Snowflake Elite Services Partner, the highest tier level within Snowflake’s partner network. This prestigious status recognizes Aimpoint Digital’s exceptional expertise in data management, warehousing, business intelligence, and analytics, as well as the company’s commitment to providing the best solutions for its clients.

To attain this elite status, Aimpoint Digital’s team has earned an impressive number of Snowflake certifications and demonstrated proficiency in implementing industry best practices. As an Elite Services Partner, Aimpoint Digital now has direct access to the latest Snowflake features and technology, further empowering the company to deliver unparalleled results and insights for its clients.

This announcement follows Aimpoint Digital’s recent recognition as one of the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in the U.S. Ranked at No. 242 on the 2022 list, Aimpoint Digital has demonstrated remarkable growth and resilience in a challenging economic landscape. The company’s dedication to excellence and innovation has led to its success and continued expansion.

“Attaining the Snowflake Elite Services Partner status is a testament to our team’s hard work, dedication, and expertise in data and analytics,” said William Miller, CEO and Founding Partner of Aimpoint Digital. “Our partnership with Snowflake enables us to provide our clients with the most advanced technology and solutions, ensuring their continued success.”

Aimpoint Digital is comprised of top data scientists, data engineers, management consultants, and data experts who develop, refine, and deploy end-to-end analytics applications using cutting-edge techniques. These solutions transform raw data sources into actionable business insights, driving intelligent decision-making for organizations of all sizes.

“Our partnership with Snowflake reaffirms our commitment to delivering world-class data and analytics solutions for our clients,” said Ben Yopp, Managing Partner at Aimpoint Digital. “We look forward to leveraging the latest Snowflake features and technology to further enhance our services and drive exceptional results for our clients.”

To learn more about Aimpoint Digital and its services, visit https://aimpointdigital.com/.

About Aimpoint Digital

Aimpoint Digital is an analytics firm that uses data to solve its clients’ most complex use-cases, drive effectiveness across value chain operations, and reshape customer experiences. From the integration of self-service analytics to implementing AI at scale and modernizing infrastructure environments, they operate across transformative domains to improve the performance of organizations. Learn more at https://aimpointdigital.com/.

About Snowflake

Snowflake is the leading cloud data platform, enabling organizations to derive maximum value from their data with seamless and secure data sharing, collaboration, and analytics. Built on a global, multi-cloud architecture, Snowflake empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions and unleash the full potential of their data. For more information, visit https://www.snowflake.com/.

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