🤖 No truckin’ around: Late musician Jerry Garcia’s voice has been cloned by AI company Eleven Labs. Grateful Dead fans using the ElevenReader app (on iOS and Android) can now listen to the legendary guitarist read audiobooks, articles, poetry, PDFs and more in 32 languages. His daughter says it’s all about continuing his legacy as a tech enthusiast. Uh-huh … I’m seeing dollar signs all over this.
Finding her voice: A 42-year-old mom diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease was losing her ability to speak. The neurological disease affects nerve cells in the brain. She found ElevenLabs, which creates human-like text-to-speech AI programs. She sent in a few recordings, and they developed a voice that sounded almost like hers. Now, she types with her eyes, and the program does the rest. I love it when tech makes such a positive impact.