Meta's approach to selectively releasing the audio box to researchers and academic institutions for safety and responsibility research contrasts with its usual open-source approach. This move indicates a more safety-oriented strategy, given the potentially controversial nature of voice cloning technology. Although Meta has generally embraced an open-source approach, this selective release demonstrates an exception to their usual strategy, potentially due to the sensitivity of the technology involved.
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