AI Startup Tied to Fake Biden Robocall Aims to Combat Misuse (1)

ElevenLabs, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to clone people’s voices, is working with an AI detection service to combat the rising threat of deepfakes during a crucial election year.

The startup has partnered with Reality Defender, a US-based company that offers deepfake detection capabilities to governments, officials and enterprises. The partnership is part of ElevenLabs’ broader efforts to boost safety on its platform, and follows concerns from researchers earlier this year that its technology was misused to create deepfake audio of US President Joe Biden.

The tie-up gives Reality Defender access to ElevenLabs’ data and models, allowing it ...