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'Stop using my voice' - New train announcer is my AI clone
Voiceover artist Gayanne says an AI used on ScotRail trains was trained using her voice.
Voiceover artist Gayanne Potter said the artificial announcer - which is marketed as an imaginary character called Iona - was trained by Swedish technology firm ReadSpeaker using her voice. Ms Potter opened the page to find Iona - a text-to-speech programme marketed as a red haired woman standing in a Scottish glen. Ms Potter also believed that her work should be covered by GDPR - UK and EU data protection regulations - and that her consent should have been required for ReadSpeaker to sell a commercial programme.
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