{"id":1203838,"date":"2023-11-16T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203838"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:45:08","slug":"unauthorized-david-attenborough-ai-clone-narrates-developers-life-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203838","title":{"rendered":"Unauthorized \u201cDavid Attenborough\u201d AI clone narrates developer\u2019s life, goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/attenborough_hero-800x519-1.jpg\" alt=\"Screen capture from a demo video of a fake, unauthorized David Attenborough narrating a developer's video feed.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/attenborough_hero.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"720\" data-width=\"1110\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Screen capture from a demo video of an AI-generated unauthorized David Attenborough voice narrating a developer&#8217;s video feed. (credit: Charlie Holtz)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Replicate developer Charlie Holtz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliebholtz\/status\/1724815159590293764?s=20\">combined<\/a> GPT-4 Vision (commonly called GPT-4V) and ElevenLabs voice cloning technology to create an unauthorized AI version of the famous naturalist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Attenborough\">David Attenborough<\/a> narrating Holtz&#8217;s every move on camera. As of Thursday afternoon, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliebholtz\/status\/1724815159590293764?s=20\">X post<\/a> describing the stunt had garnered over 21,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here we have a remarkable specimen of <em>Homo sapiens<\/em> distinguished by his silver circular spectacles and a mane of tousled curly locks,&#8221; the false Attenborough says in the demo as Holtz looks on with a grin. &#8220;He&#8217;s wearing what appears to be a blue fabric covering, which can only be assumed to be part of his mating display.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look closely at the subtle arch of his eyebrow,&#8221; it continues, as if narrating a BBC wildlife documentary. &#8220;It&#8217;s as if he&#8217;s in the midst of an intricate ritual of curiosity or skepticism. The backdrop suggests a sheltered habitat, possibly a communal feeding area or watering hole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984473#p3\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984473&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unauthorized \u201cDavid Attenborough\u201d AI clone narrates developer\u2019s life, goes viral<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Screen capture from a demo video of an AI-generated unauthorized David Attenborough voice narrating a developer&#8217;s video feed. (credit: Charlie Holtz) On Wednesday, Replicate developer Charlie Holtz combined GPT-4 Vision (commonly called GPT-4V) and ElevenLabs voice cloning technology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203838\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1203839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1203838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1203839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1203838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1203838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}