How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambie’s voice – with her permission – using an easily accessible online platform. This example highlights how artificial intelligence (AI) apps which create a synthetic replica of a person’s image and/or voice in the form of deepfakes or voice cloning are becoming cheaper and easier to use. This poses a serious threat not only to the functioning of democracy (especially around elections), but also to a person’s identity. Current copyright laws in…
Author: Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England
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