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Morgan Freeman is unhappy with aye Trying to reconstruct his voice, it is keeping his lawyers “very, very busy”.
Shawshank Redemption The 88-year-old star says that cloning his voice by AI tools without permission is tantamount to robbing him.
Freeman explained, “I’m a little PO’d, you know. I’m like any other actor: Don’t copy me by lying.” Guardian,
“I don’t appreciate it, and I get paid to do this kind of work, so if you’re going to do it without me, you’re robbing me.”
Asked if this had already happened, the actor said his “lawyers are very, very busy” and he has received “quite a few” cases.
Freeman has lent his voice to documentaries such as March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar, and more recently on nature programs such as life on our planet And our universe Also many advertisements.
now you see Me The star credits her voice and accent instructor at her Los Angeles Community College for helping her develop her extraordinary voice.
“If you’re going to speak, speak clearly, hit your last consonant and do exercises to lower your voice,” he said. “Most people would have a louder voice than usual if they knew how to quiet it. He taught things like that. That was Robert Whitman: I’ll never forget him.”
Freeman also criticized “AI actress” Tilly Norwood. The actor said, “Nobody likes him because he’s not real and it plays a real person, so it wouldn’t work very well in movies or television.” “The job of the union is to keep actors acting, so there will be conflict.”
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norwood is A white, brunette and brown eyed virtual creation owned by ZiquoiaA talent studio associated with AI production company Particle6.
In September, many stars spoke out deadline reported this Several Hollywood talent agents had expressed interest in signing Norwood.,
in the heights Star Melissa Barrera called the news “disgusting”. Hopefully, all the artists represented by the agents who did this will abandon their mistake.”
matilda star mara wilson Asked: “And what about the hundreds of living young women whose faces were stitched together to create it? You can’t hire any of them?”
In June last year, Freeman thanks his fans for alerting him that his voice was recreated using AI,
“Thank you to my incredible fans for your vigilance and support in preventing unauthorized use of my imitating AI voice,” he wrote on X.
“Your dedication helps ensure authenticity and integrity remain paramount. Grateful. #AI #Scam #Counterfeit #IdentitySecurity.”
Freeman joins a long league of creators, including Scarlett Johansson And emma thompson, In Condemnation of use of AI tools In writing, acting, or film production.
However, some in Hollywood have embraced AI. Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign separate deals with AI audio company ElevenLabs This week to create synthetic versions of their voices for authorized commercial use.
Ken’s voice will be available through the company’s ElevenReader app, which converts text to speech, and through a new marketplace for approved customers.
McConaughey, who said the company has been investing in him for years, reached a deal to produce a Spanish-language audio version of his newsletter, livin’ lyricsUsing the company’s technology.
SAG-AFTRA, the Hollywood union representing 160,000 television and film actors, had a 2023 strike This is partly related to concerns over the rise of AI in film production.
During the strike, SAG-AFTRA alleged that Hollywood studios were proposing the use of “groundbreaking AI” to scan background actors and pay them only a day’s pay, while the companies would retain ownership of the scans and use them for any project they wanted.
Freeman also talked about his illustrious career Ahead of the release of his latest film, Now you look at me: Now you don’t look, And said he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon, even if the work has become less exciting over the years.
“The hunger is still there,” Freeman said. “I would agree that it has gone down a little bit. But not enough to make a serious difference.”
He said that he has no interest in retirement at the moment. “Sometimes the thought of retirement would cross my mind, but as soon as my agent says there’s a job or someone wants you or they’ve made an offer, the whole thing comes back to where it was yesterday: How much are you going to pay, where are we?”
now don’t do that The first entry in the series since 2016 now you see me 2And Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman and Mark Ruffalo will reprise their roles.
there will be a movie Will be released in theaters on 14 November.