OpenAI has quietly acquired Weights. gg, a small startup known for its AI-powered voice cloning tools, according to sources familiar with the matter. The deal reportedly includes the company’s team and its intellectual property. Weights .gg operated as a social platform where users could create, share, and experiment with AI models. Its free consumer app, Replay, allowed users to generate realistic AI voice clones in just a few steps.
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The platform also became popular for cloning copyrighted and celebrity voices, including those of President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The growing use of AI-generated voices has sparked wider debates around copyright, consent, and misuse of synthetic media.
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Despite the acquisition, OpenAI does not appear ready to roll out its voice cloning technology to the public. In a 2024 blog post, the company said access to such tools would remain limited to a select group of trusted partners for now.
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