filed a proposed class action lawsuit in 2024<\/a> after learning alleged clones of their voices were for sale via Lovo’s text-to-speech platform Genny.<\/p>\nThe couple claim they were separately approached by anonymous Lovo employees for voice-over work through the online freelance marketplace Fiverr.<\/p>\n
Lehrman was paid $1200 (around \u00a3890). Sage received $800 (almost \u00a3600).<\/p>\n
In messages shared with the BBC, the anonymous client can be seen saying Lehrman and Sage’s voices would be used for “academic research purposes only” and “test scripts for radio ads” respectively.<\/p>\n
The anonymous messenger said the voice-overs would “not be disclosed externally and will only be consumed internally”. <\/p>\n
Months later, while driving near their home in New York City, the couple listened to a podcast about the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and how artificial intelligence (AI) could affect the industry.<\/p>\n
This episode had a unique hook \u2013 an interview with an AI-powered chatbot, equipped with text-to-speech software. It was asked how it thought the use of AI would affect jobs in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
But, when it spoke, it sounded just like Mr Lehrman.<\/p>\n
“We needed to pull the car over,” Mr Lehrman told the BBC in an interview last year. “The irony that AI is coming for the entertainment industry, and here is my voice talking about the potential destruction of the industry, was really quite shocking.”<\/p>\n
Upon returning home, the couple found voices with the names Kyle Snow and Sally Coleman available for use by paid Lovo subscribers.<\/p>\n
They later found Sage’s alleged clone voicing a fundraising video for the platform \u2013while Lehrman’s had been used in an advertisement on the company’s YouTube page.<\/p>\n
The company eventually removed the voices, saying both voices were not popular on the platform.<\/p>\n
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