Microsoft Pulls Vibevoice Speech Synthesis Repo After Misuse
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Microsoft removes VibeVoice speech synthesis repo after discovering misuse, sparking discussion on responsible AI development.
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Code is gone. Stars are under 200 (they apparently removed the repo and created a new one). A statement sits at the top of the repo:
"VibeVoice is an open-source research framework intended to advance collaboration in the speech synthesis community. After release, we discovered instances where the tool was used in ways inconsistent with the stated intent. Since responsible use of AI is one of Microsoft’s guiding principles, we have disabled this repo until we are confident that out-of-scope use is no longer possible."