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For podcasters, a voice clone is a double-edged sword
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Are AI replicas of podcasters a boon for productivity or a betrayal of the bond with listeners?
ILLUSTRATION: PETRA PETERFFY/NYTIMES
Reggie Ugwu
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NEW YORK - Mr Benjamin Boster’s plan was simple: Upload 30 minutes of his voice and the software would do the rest.
An hour or two of processing and out would pop the clone – an aural simulacrum that he hoped would boost his productivity from three episodes a week to five.
