Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Ford has a better idea?

Ford is seeking to patent a system for “anonymizing speech data” that’s collected by a voice recognition system in a vehicle.
 (wait, what?!?!)

This system removes “speaker-identifying characteristics” from speech data collected from in-car voice commands. It then uses machine learning to generate a “random vector,” or randomized data in place of the previously identifiable characteristics, to apply to the speech data.

...While Ford may be keeping your road rage anonymous, the company may also want to use your voice to sell you stuff. The company filed a patent application for a system for “providing targeted content to users.”  more