Augie Enables Video Creation with Your AI-Cloned Voice

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Published in AI News · 2 minute read · Aug 15, 2025

Augie is an AI-driven video creation platform. It uses voice cloning technology to allow users to record their own or others' voices and clone them for use in other short videos. This platform is suitable for marketers and social media teams, enabling them to quickly add voiceovers, photos, text, and music to videos without having to learn audio and video editing. Augie is in public testing, and all users can use the voice cloning feature. In the future, the video length and quality for free users may be restricted. The platform also collaborates with its partner ElevenLabs to identify AI-generated voices and videos.

AI Voice Unicorn ElevenLabs Completes $250 Million Series C Funding, Valuation Surpasses $3 Billion

Artificial intelligence voice company ElevenLabs has once again captured attention, having just completed a Series C funding round totaling $250 million, with a valuation between $3 billion and $3.3 billion. This round was led by ICONIQ Growth, demonstrating strong market confidence in AI voice technology. Just a year ago, ElevenLabs completed an $80 million Series B funding, when its valuation was only a third of what it is now, highlighting the company's rapid growth. ElevenLabs was founded by Mat

WeChat Official Accounts Quietly Launch AI Voice Cloning Feature, Not Yet Fully Available

According to AI media outlet 'Digital Life Kazek', WeChat Official Accounts have quietly rolled out a new feature - AI Voice Cloning, aimed at enhancing users' reading experience. This update is reflected in version 2.29.1 of the official accounts, allowing users to read articles in their own voice, greatly enhancing content personalization. Users can find the 'Reading Voice' option in the backend settings to create their own unique voice. The process of creating a voice is relatively simple; users just need to read a piece of text on the spot, and the system will quickly perform voice cloning.

Easily Identify Audio Forgery! Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University Join Forces to Create the AI Voice Privacy Protection Tool SafeEar

In today's rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, voice synthesis and transformation technologies are evolving at an extraordinary pace, providing us with incredibly realistic and natural audio experiences. However, these technological advancements also bring potential security risks, particularly as 'voice cloning' technology could be exploited by malicious individuals, threatening personal privacy and social stability. In response to this challenge, the Intelligent System Security Laboratory of Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University have joined forces to launch a revolutionary audio forgery detection framework - SafeEar. This framework not only efficiently detects forged audio but also ensures privacy protection during the detection process.

Google's New Voice Cloning Technology: Voice Cloning with Just a Few Seconds of Audio Sample

In today's rapidly advancing technology, speech synthesis technology is also progressing, especially in the field of restoring lost voices. Recently, Google researchers introduced a new technology called 'Zero-shot Voice Transfer' which can be directly integrated with state-of-the-art Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems to help those who have lost their voices due to illness or accidents regain their 'voice memory'. The core of this technology is its 'zero-shot' capability, meaning that we do not need a large number of samples to achieve this.

Amazon Launches New Feature: Allowing Audiobook Narrators to 'Clone' Themselves with AI

Amazon has launched the AI Cloning Narrator project aimed at accelerating audiobook production. The project invites narrators to submit recordings to train AI for 'voice cloning'. Narrators can choose to participate in the project voluntarily, including live performances or AI-generated recordings. Audiobooks using AI cloning will be labeled on the product detail page, and narrators will be compensated through a royalty-sharing model, requiring narrator consent for AI cloning use. After beta testing in the U.S., this feature will expand to rights holders, aiming to provide narrators with more creative opportunities and enhance the audiobook market.

D-ID Launches AI Video Translation Tool: Achieves Voice Cloning and Lip Syncing Supporting 30 Languages

D-ID has recently launched AI Video Translate, an innovative AI video translation tool that can translate video content into multiple languages, clone the speaker's voice, and adjust lip movements to ensure that the translated content perfectly matches the visuals. This tool supports batch rendering in 29 languages and features a user-friendly interface, making it easy for anyone to use. Through this technology, D-ID helps clients promote marketing, entertainment, and social media activities globally, saving on localization costs. The launch of this technology is significant for small creators.