ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person`s voice, but says it won`t yet release it publicly due to safety concerns. The artificial intelligence company unveiled its new Voice Engine technology Friday, just over a week after filing a trademark application for the name. The company claims that it can recreate a person`s voice with just 15 seconds of recording of that person talking.

OpenAI says it plans to preview it with early testers "but not widely release this technology at this time" because of the dangers of misuse. "We recognise that generating speech that resembles people`s voices has serious risks, which are especially top of mind in an election year," the San Francisco company said in a statement.