Voice Actor Claims AI Used to Impersonate His Work Without Consent: Senate Hearing
Published on July 16, 2024
Creative and media workers are concerned that employers are using AI to impersonate their work and profit off their efforts, a senate inquiry has been told. During a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence on July 16, representatives from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) spoke about the challenges facing the creative industry. Cooper Mortlock, a voice actor and an MEAA member, spoke about his own experience, where he alleged that an employer used AI to reproduce his voice for a project without his consent. “I was doing some work for a client for an animated series on YouTube, so I provided voice work for the character,” he said....