OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has been working to build a country-led coalition needed to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology worldwide, while also pitching AI services for corporate use to global industry giants, mulitple agencies reported recently.

OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice "- highlighting a new frontier for artificial intelligence and raising the specter of deepfake risks.

Apple also recently held discussions with the Microsoft -backed OpenAI and has considered using its model, the report added.

Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives, including one of the technology's trailblazers Yoshua Bengio, have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.