Cheap AI voice clones may wipe out jobs of 5,000 Australian actors

Industry group says rise of vocal technology could upend many creative fields, including audiobooks – the canary in the coalmine for voice actorsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVoice actors say they’re on the precipice of their work being replaced completely by artificial intelligence, with corporate and radio roles already beginning to be replaced by cheap generative AI clones.While a high-profile actor like Scarlett Johansson can make the most prominent AI company in the world back down within a day from using her voice likeness in their AI products, everyday actors working on commercials, audiobook and video games worry they risk having their own voices cloned, or miss out on work entirely due to the rise of AI voice clones.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-06-29 20:00:00 UTC ]

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Nielsen’s Look at Audiobooks in the United Kingdom: ‘Curiosity, Multitasking’

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-30 09:15:28 UTC ]
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The UK’s Publishers Association Charts a ‘Steep Rise’ in Audiobook Sales

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-28 17:52:33 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2021-11-23 11:30:00 UTC ]
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