Video game voice actors attacked using their own AI voices 

Voice actors working in the video gaming industry were attacked using AI-generated versions of their own voices, and doxxed by having their home addresses read out using their synthesised voice and then posted online.

According to a report by Vice, some of the audio clips may have been generated using ElevenLabs' Prime Voice AI (since renamed 'ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech') text-to-voice generator. However, this claim was rejected by ElevenLabs on the basis that every request using its system is tracked.

A few weeks earlier, 4chan members were discovered to be using ElevenLabs' voice generator to make celebrity voices read highly offensive messages. 

In a similar vein, GamesRadar reported in July 2023 that deepfake versions of video game voice actors including April Stewart and Ryan Laughton were being used to create non-consensual pornography for mods for games. Many video game companies and mod communities such as Nexus Mods have decided to allow AI-generated mod content.

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• https://www.vice.com/en/article/93axnd/voice-actors-doxed-with-ai-voices-on-twitter

• https://gizmodo.com/ai-voice-actor-uber-duck-elevenlabs-1850109149

• https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/tech/ai-voice-actors-rob-work.html

• https://kotaku.com/ai-voice-actors-steve-blum-elevenlabs-contracts-sell-1850108292

• https://www.gamesradar.com/voice-actors-call-out-ai-as-imitations-spread-in-erotic-skyrim-mods-i-do-not-give-consent/

• https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/video-game-voice-actors-denounce-nsfw-mods-ai-deepfakes-voices-3466611