Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
Prominent actors including Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas have launched a campaign to demand legislation protecting individuals from unauthorized AI voice cloning. The group, Save Our Voices Now, has petitioned the UK government to establish statutory rights over personal voice ownership.
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This highlights the growing tension between rapid AI advancement and the protection of individual identity and intellectual property rights.
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Prefer the Guardian on Google Nicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence voice cloning.
Save Our Voices Now, which is also being supported by Luke Evans, Jen Brister, Siobhán McSweeney and Pearl Mackie, aims to stop the practice in which AI technology is used to replicate a real person’s voice to say anything it is prompted to.
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