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NEW
YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew
McConaughey have made deals with voice-cloning company
ElevenLabs that will allow its artificial intelligence
technology to replicate their voices.
Caine said in a statement that ElevenLabs is “using innovation
not to replace humanity, but to celebrate it.”
“It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them,
opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the
92-year-old British actor in a written statement.
McConaughey also said he is investing in the New York-based
startup and has had a relationship with it for several years.
Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. McConaughey
said the deal will enable him to voice his newsletter in
Spanish.
Founded in 2022 and based in New York, ElevenLabs initially
developed its technology to dub audio in different languages for
movies, audiobooks and video games to preserve the speaker’s
voice and emotions.
But shortly after its public release, ElevenLabs said in January
2023 it was seeing “an increasing number of voice cloning misuse
cases” and promised new safeguards to tamp down on abuse,
including limiting features to paid users. A year later,
however, a digital consultant was able to use ElevenLabs
software to mimic then-President Joe Biden's voice in a robocall
message sent to thousands of New Hampshire voters. The company
now says it has additional measures to block the cloning of
celebrity and other high-profile voices without their consent.
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