I travel for work a lot and my son missed our bedtime stories. I built an AI version of my voice for him.

Max Fricke cloned his voice with AI so his son would miss him less while traveling. Courtesy of Max Fricke Max Fricke was on a monthlong work trip when he had the idea for an AI storyteller. He spent hundreds of hours training AI to replicate his voice. His 3-year-old enjoys using the AI when they're together or apart. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Max Fricke, founder of HuggleTales. It has been edited for length and clarity. My 3-year-old son loves listening to…