Dave SpectorMay 19, 2024

I’ve been in this business, writing software professionally, since I started my first software business at 16 in high school on an Apple ][. That’s 45 fucking years. It would never occur to me to steal other people’s code, let alone their likenesses, voices, or art.

Just eject these thieving “AI” companies into the sun. These people, and the VCs that fund them, are a cancer on the software industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/ai-voice-clone-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.1KUx.2vYNvYuSXMmW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them

Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they’re suing. The company denies it did anything wrong.

The New York Times
Show threadAI6YR Ben
@Dhmspector Underhanded way of obtaining voice samples, too... Insanity.
May 19, 2024 at 5:07amWeb
Show threadDave SpectorMay 19, 2024
@ai6yr yup …and these very same people/companies demand copyright, trademark, and patent protection for the new derivative works they create with the intellectual property they steal from others.