A YouTuber had his voice cloned via AI technology by a company which then used it to narrate videos on its channel.
Jeff Geerling, an engineer who makes videos about Raspberry Pi computers and general electronics, was shocked when he discovered a manufacturer named Elecrow, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, was putting out videos with a voiceover that sounded suspiciously similar to his own.
“I was initially in disbelief; I thought it sounded like me, but I went to my wife and kids, and asked them if they would listen to the video and see what they thought; all of them, including my three-year-old, thought it was me, and were confused why I’d even ask about it,” Geerling tells Forbes.
The YouTuber was only made aware of his likeness being used after one of his subscribers tipped him off about the eerie similarity between Gerrling’s voice and the one on Elecrow’s channel.
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