Discoveries on how common voice cloning tools are, a few responsible options, and many lacking attention to ethics. (Audio; 18:28)
Kits.ai and Jen are now certified as Fairly Trained: https://musically.com/2024/08/05/fairly-trained-adds-more-supporters-and-updates-certification/
Subsequent to this page's publication on April 29, I discovered VoiceMod via "Fairly Trained" (https://www.fairlytrained.org/certified-models). They belong on the short list of ethical voice cloning tools. A little more information is available here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23981835/voicemod-ai-voice-creator-community-voices)
Some good news on AI-based voice cloning, to offset the #ScarlettSaidNo uproar: Voice-Swap (one of the 5 companies identified in this article as behaving ethically towards artists) is now partnering with BMAT to be more proactive about preventing unauthorized use of voices. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/voice-swap_weve-partnered-with-bmat-music-innovators-activity-7198610017636229120-WAwh
Good news on addressing voice cloning: Tiktok has agreed with Universal Music Group NV to take down unauthorized AI-generated music (the example given in the article is Taylor Swift): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/unauthorized-ai-voice-clones-of-taylor-swift-face-removal-from-tiktok
Here is a fresh example of how artists can control their own NIL with genAI: British musician FKA Twigs created a deepfake of herself to engage with fans in multiple languages
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6py33gxk74o.amp
Kits.ai and Jen are now certified as Fairly Trained: https://musically.com/2024/08/05/fairly-trained-adds-more-supporters-and-updates-certification/
Subsequent to this page's publication on April 29, I discovered VoiceMod via "Fairly Trained" (https://www.fairlytrained.org/certified-models). They belong on the short list of ethical voice cloning tools. A little more information is available here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23981835/voicemod-ai-voice-creator-community-voices)
Some good news on AI-based voice cloning, to offset the #ScarlettSaidNo uproar: Voice-Swap (one of the 5 companies identified in this article as behaving ethically towards artists) is now partnering with BMAT to be more proactive about preventing unauthorized use of voices. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/voice-swap_weve-partnered-with-bmat-music-innovators-activity-7198610017636229120-WAwh
Good news on addressing voice cloning: Tiktok has agreed with Universal Music Group NV to take down unauthorized AI-generated music (the example given in the article is Taylor Swift): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/unauthorized-ai-voice-clones-of-taylor-swift-face-removal-from-tiktok
Here is a fresh example of how artists can control their own NIL with genAI: British musician FKA Twigs created a deepfake of herself to engage with fans in multiple languages
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6py33gxk74o.amp