On a Wednesday afternoon, I’m sitting on a video call listening to Ricky Gervais tell me a joke about voice cloning. Then, Audrey Heburn follows up to tell me her opinions on artificial intelligence.

Unsurprisingly, neither of these people were actually on the call. Instead, it’s Hume’s CEO and chief scientist, Dr Alan Cowen, on the other side. He’s showing off the latest update to his company’s AI voice creation service EVI 3.

Given just 30 seconds of audio, the tool can create a near-perfect replica of someone’s voice. Not just their tone or accent, this new feature captures and replicates mannerisms and personality, too.

Ricky Gervais telling me jokes about voice cloning features has his same dry wit and sarcastic tone. And Audrey Heburn is wistful and intrigued, while talking in a s

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