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OpenAI Bought Company That Offered A.I. Tools for Cloning Voices - The New York Times
OpenAI just acquired a voice-cloning startup. Here's why that matters for your AI strategy.
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Why it matters
OpenAI's acquisition of Weights.gg signals a strategic pivot toward voice synthesis and deepfake capabilities, consolidating talent and IP in a high-sensitivity area where safety and regulatory scrutiny are intensifying.
The key facts
5 to knowOpenAI acquired Weights.gg (voice-cloning startup)
Weights.gg known for celebrity voice imitation/deepfake capabilities
Acquisition includes team and intellectual property
Published May 16, 2026
Multiple sources confirm (NYT, The Information, Mint, the-decoder)
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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI Bought Company That Offered A.I. Tools for Cloning Voices The New York Times OpenAI Buys AI Voice Startup Weights The Information OpenAI acquires Weights.gg voice-cloning team and IP Let's Data Science What is Weights.gg? OpenAI quietly acquired a startup famous for AI deepfake voices Mint…