They stole my voice with AI

Elecrow—an electronics company that makes Pi and ESP accessories—used an AI voice for multiple tutorial series which sounds _almost exactly_ like me.

I never consented to have my voice used to promote Elecrow's products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ

They stole my voice with AI

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@geerlingguy Every person who is at least semi-public should know that in 2024 voice cloning is a very easy process and can be done in realtime on a powerful graphics card.

If you are posting your voice anywhere, you should be aware of this fact and take according measures. Probable request a video takedown for impersonation or something like that.

@partysam It's not clear that it's against yt's tos, so reporting it might actually amount to a false report. It's not clear that it's illegal, so legal action is nebulous. The only thing that is clear (from my, and assumedly Jeff's position), is that this is amoral. Blaming the victim isn't particularly helpful, especially when there is little obvious recourse except asking nicely.