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ElevenLabs’ Voice Cloning Technology Secures $80M Funding, Earns Unicorn Status

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Staniszewski says that he and Dabkowski, who grew up in Poland, were inspired to create voice cloning tools by poorly dubbed American films. Paying customers can upload voice samples to craft new styles using ElevenLabs’ voice cloning. The infamous message board 4chan, known for its conspiratorial content, used ElevenLabs’ tools to share hateful messages mimicking celebrities like actress Emma Watson. Then there’s the elephant in the room: the existential threat platforms like ElevenLabs pose to the voice acting industry. Even this didn’t please some voice actors, however — including SAG-AFTRA’s own members.

“Share Quick Video Updates on Instagram’s New Status Feature”

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Instagram is launching the ability for users to post video Notes, the company announced on Wednesday. Up until now, you could only post text or emojis to your status update. Now, you can post a two-second looping video Note that will be visible to your mutual followers or Close Friends for 24 hours. Another differentiator between video Notes and video Stories is that you can only post content from your front-facing camera when sharing video Notes. Plus, you have to capture the content in the app when posting a video Note, which means that you can’t upload a video from your phone’s camera gallery.