Bev Standing News Today

On this episode of "What happened to…?" Erica Vella speaks with the people behind the voices that bring TikTok’s text-to-speech feature to life.

Israeli startup's AI platform can dramatically reduce the time and effort needed to dub, using algorithms that quickly learn voice patterns

Artists like Remie Michelle Clarke rely on small jobs. The AI boom is making it easier for companies to outsource that work to machines.

Generative AI can make some impressive art, but lawsuits over copyright infringement of creative assets are starting and will set key legal precedents.

Actor Bev Standing sued TikTok for using her voice, simulated via artificial intelligence without permission, as female computer-generated voice of TikTok. Case shows law is adapting to protect artists’ rights from AI exploitation, legal limitations protecting AI-creations.

When a friend messaged voice actor Bev Standing to ask whether she was the voice of TikTok’s text-to-speech feature, the Canadian performer’s surprise soon turned to irritation. She had never done work for the popular social media platform, yet the voice was unmistakably hers. Standing concluded that speech recordings she had done for another client years earlier had somehow been obtained by TikTok, and fed into an algorithm which allows users to turn written text into a voiceover for video ...

With the rise of AI, creators want laws to protect the use of their image or voice in algorithm-generated works.

With the rise of AI, creators want laws to protect the use of their image or voice in algorithm-generated works

Equity, the performing arts workers union. says actors need protection from computer-generated substitutes.

Performing arts union Equity is launching a campaign around performers’ rights over...