AI Voice Cloning Sparks Hope and Concern in Video Game Industry
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Artificial intelligence can help expand video game worlds by cloning actors' voices, but ethical concerns remain. Voice actors are split on the new technology.
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Companies like Replica Studios use AI to create synthetic clones of actors' voices after they record many samples demonstrating emotions.
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Replica Studios signed a deal with the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, enabling major studios to work with union actors to create AI voice clones.
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Early attempts to add AI voices to games were poorly received, but views are evolving as some see potential benefits with consent and fair pay.
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Replica Studios aims to keep human actors central while using AI voices to enable more expansive game worlds. The company says actors control if they participate.