Morgan Freeman.
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Looks as if veteran actor Morgan Freeman is just not impressed by the elevated use of AI expertise currently. He lately took to social media and thanked his followers who referred to as out unauthorized AI imitations of the actor’s recognisable voice, as per Selection.

“Thanks to my unimaginable followers in your vigilance and assist in calling out the unauthorized use of an A.I. voice imitating me,” the actor wrote. “Your dedication helps authenticity and integrity stay paramount.”

Morgan’s put up comes at a time the place AI imitations have confronted scrutiny within the leisure trade. In line with Selection, Scarlett Johansson’s authorized group lately referred to as for OpenAI to disclose how it created its AI personal voice assistant, Sky, and to tug the chatbot down for sounding extraordinarily much like her personal voice.

Johansson mentioned she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman final September with a request to make use of her voice for a conversational type of ChatGPT, however she declined for “private causes.” The actor mentioned final month that she was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” that the AI firm went forward and used a voice extraordinarily much like hers after she refused to work with them.

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In April, Drake additionally got here underneath hearth from Tupac Shakur’s property for utilizing an AI imitation of the West Coast rapper on his tune Taylor Made Freestyle dissing Kendrick Lamar. Howard King, who reps Shakur’s property, despatched a cease-and-desist to Drake, stating that the tune was a “blatant abuse of the legacy of one of many best hip-hop artists of all time.”