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OpenAI suspends ChatGPT voice ‘that sounds like Scarlett Johansson’ | Science & Tech News
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OpenAI says it will “pause” the use of a ChatGPT voice after users noticed it sounded like actress Scarlett Johansson. The artificial intelligence (AI) company offers five voices that can speak generated answers through its ChatGPT service. Some users noticed that one of the voices – called Sky – sounded like Johansson, who voiced an…
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Scientists discover tiny fish can make sounds as loud as a pneumatic drill | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have discovered one of the world’s smallest fish is capable of making sounds registering more than 140 decibels – which is louder than a pneumatic drill. The translucent Danionella cerebrum is just 12mm-long and has the smallest known brain of any vertebrae. The sound was first noticed by scientists studying the species in Berlin,…
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Chimpanzees make sounds like human babies as they learn to speak, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Young chimpanzees can make similar sounds to babies as they learn to speak, researchers have found. Primates studied by the University of Portsmouth were capable of similar vocal functional flexibility to humans as they grew up. The team filmed 28 infant apes at a sanctuary in Zambia as they made sounds such as grunts, whimpers,…
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New iPhone feature can create a voice that sounds like you in just 15 minutes | Science & Tech News
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Apple has revealed a new feature that will allow iPhones and iPads to generate digital reproductions of a user’s voice. The Personal Voice feature, expected as part of iOS 17, will work with the Live Speech feature to allow users to record their voices and communicate with others on audio calls or platforms such as…
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Stressed plants emit sounds that can be heard by animals, new study finds | World News
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Stressed plants emit sounds and these noises can be heard by animals, a new study finds. The frequency of these noises were too high for humans to detect, but researchers believe they can be heard by insects, other mammals, and possibly other plants. According to the research, “stressed” plants that have not been watered for…
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Toothed whales use their nose to produce the loudest sounds, scientists say | Climate News
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It has always been a mystery as to how dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds – until now. Researchers have found that it’s all in the nose. The animals create loud clicking sounds for echolocation – the process of locating prey through sound waves – and…
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White, brown, green and pink noise: Can these sounds help you to sleep better? | UK News
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Sleep: don’t get enough and you feel rubbish, get too much and you feel rubbish. But what about when you can’t even get to sleep? You get into bed at a reasonable hour with all good intentions, only to spend the next 45 minutes scrolling Instagram reels or TikToks with one eye doing all the…