AI Firm Lovo Reportedly Accused of Illegally Replicating Voice Actors' Voices

Summary

Two voice actors, Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage, are reportedly suing AI start-up Lovo for allegedly creating and promoting unauthorized clones of their voices. Lovo's synthetic voices were allegedly discovered in various media, including a podcast and promotional videos. The actors claim they were misled into providing voice samples, which were then allegedly used without consent, violating trademark and privacy laws.

Developers

• Voice cloning technology developers
• Synthetic media generation technology developers
• Synthetic audio generation technology developers
• Lovo

Deployers

• Synthetic media creators
• Lovo

Harmed parties

• Voice actors
• Targets of fraudulent professional opportunities
• Paul Skye Lehrman
• Linnea Sage
• Epistemic integrity