DeepfakeMedium
Robin Williams's Voice Deepfaked Without Consent
- Occurred
- Oct 2, 2023
- Published
- Oct 2, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late Robin Williams, condemned the misuse of her father's voice in AI-generated productions, having cited some instances where his voice had been deepfaked, along with the potential for further misuse, as such instances do not involve consent.
Developers
- Deepfake creators
Deployers
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Zelda Williams
- Robin Williams
- Family of Robin Williams
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves unauthorized voice cloning of deceased celebrity without consent.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8