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‘World’s first radio station with an AI DJ’: Oregon’s Live 95.5 uses cloned human voice to host segments
- Last week, a Portland, Oregon radio station announced that an AI DJ would become a part-time host
- Dubbed ‘AI Ashley’ after its human inspiration, the voice is powered by Futuri Media’s RadioGPT
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Listeners to Live 95.5, a radio station in Portland, Oregon, can now tune in to hear a part-time AI DJ hosting for five hours every day.
On Tuesday, KBFF, Live 95.5 introduced its audience to “AI Ashley”, a cloned version of the station’s midday host named Ashley Elzinga. The voice sounds almost identical to Elzinga, and will be broadcast to listeners every day between 10am and 3pm, TechCrunch reported.
“It’s AI Ashley calling our first Taylor Swift winner,” the cloned voice said as the station dialled up one lucky listener.
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The station uses Futuri Media’s RadioGPT tool, which is powered by GPT-4, to create a script based on current news gathered from digital outlets and social media platforms for AI Ashley to read. However, execs of Live 95.5’s parent company say that “traditional Ashley” isn’t being totally replaced.
Although the station asserts it’s the “world’s first radio station with an AI DJ”, it’s unclear whether this has been attempted before. Live 95.5 did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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