Actors call on Burnham to protect voice ownership
About 80 actors, including Siobhan McSweeney, Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville, have signed an open letter from the Save Our Voices Now campaign to British prime minister Andy Burnham demanding clear, enforceable legal ownership of their voices to prevent unauthorised AI cloning. Founder Peter Caulfield warned cloning can happen in seconds, accused platforms of stealing artists' talent and income, and cited cloned versions of David Attenborough and claims that 28% of UK adults report being targeted by voice-cloning scams. The letter asks that platforms and AI developers bear the legal burden of securing consent and that UK courts can enforce those rules.
About 80 actors demanded legal ownership of their voices.
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AI tools can copy voices quickly. Denmark is changing laws to give people ownership of face, body and voice. The actors want UK law to change next.
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