Performing artistes push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes


From digitally resurrecting dead celebrities to improving lip sync for movies dubbed in foreign languages, AI has been increasingly deployed in the movie and audio industry in recent years, sparking debates around ethics and copyright issues. — Photo by Jonathan Velasquez on Unsplash

TBILISI: When a friend messaged voice actor Bev Standing to ask whether she was the voice of TikTok’s text-to-speech feature, the Canadian performer’s surprise soon turned to irritation.

She had never done work for the popular social media platform, yet the voice was unmistakably hers.

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