AI Incident Database: AI Firm Lovo Accused of Illegally Replicating Voice Actors' Voices
Two voice actors, Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage, are suing AI start-up Lovo for allegedly creating and promoting unauthorized clones of their voices. Lovo's synthetic voices were discovered in various media, including a podcast and promotional videos. The actors claim they were misled into providing voice samples, which were then used without consent, violating trademark and privacy laws.
AI Incident Database · Incident 728Operator lens (medium): inspect D3 (data handling).
Event summary
Two voice actors, Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage, are suing AI start-up Lovo for allegedly creating and promoting unauthorized clones of their voices. Lovo's synthetic voices were discovered in various media, including a podcast and promotional videos. The actors claim they were misled into providing voice samples, which were then used without consent, violating trademark and privacy laws.
Linked entities
- lovo
organisation | 70%
- paul-skye-lehrman
organisation | 70%
- linnea-sage
organisation | 70%
- voice-actors
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-lovo to ent-psf-d3 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-lovo to ent-psf-d3 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-lovo to ent-psf-d3 | maps to | 60% |