Audio book narrators say AI is already taking away business


There is no label identifying AI-assisted recordings as such, but professionals say thousands of audio books currently in circulation use "voices" generated from a databank. — Photo by Distingué CiDDiQi on Unsplash

NEW YORK: As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed.

AI has the ability to create human-sounding recordings – at assembly-line speed – while bypassing at least part of the services of the human professionals who for years have made a living with their voices.

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