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Imagine scrolling through your phone and suddenly hearing a familiar voice promoting a product online.
It sounds exactly like a famous actor or a famous voice actor or maybe someone you know.
The tone, the rhythm, even the emotion are all there.
But here's the twist.
That person never recorded the message.
In fact, they never even knew about it.
At scale.
And for many voice actors, the unsettling question has become very real.
If technology can perfectly imitate your voice, who actually owns it?
For today's show, I'm joined by Yu Shen and Steve Hatherley.
Now pull up a chair and join the conversation.
Artificial intelligence has learned to do something once thought uniquely human, speak in someone else's voice.
With just a few seconds of audio, AI systems can now clone tone, rhythm, and personality with startling accuracy.
While the technology opens exciting possibilities for filmmaking,
gaming, and accessibility, it is also triggering a wave of legal disputes.
Around the world, voice actors are discovering their voices appearing in advertisements,