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Voice actors face AI clones of their own voices
Original: This is farked. Voice actors now have to compete against AI reproductions of their own voices. And because they often do
Voice actors are increasingly competing against AI-generated replicas of their own voices. Australian performer Jacqui Duncan, who has recorded more than 5,000 commercials, is cited as an example: because actors often do not hold the copyright to the ads or TV shows they work on, they have little legal recourse when their recordings are used to train or produce synthetic voice clones.
Why now: Growing use of AI voice cloning in advertising and media has raised alarm about performers losing control and income from their own voices.
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- This is farked. Voice actors now have to compete against AI reproductions of their own voices. And because they often don't hold the copyright to the ads of TV shows they work on, there's basically no recourse: "Jacqui Duncan has voiced more than 5000 commercials for Australian… · aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au · 106
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