Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas, Hugh Bonneville and More Back Campaign Against AI Voice Cloning: ‘An Existential Threat to Our Entire Industry’

By Ellise Shafer

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Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville are among the high-profile names backing a new campaign against AI voice cloning.

Titled “Save Our Voices Now,” the initiative calls for greater protections against AI technology being used to replicate a person’s voice, according to The Guardian. The group of over 80 industry names — which also includes Coughlan’s “Derry Girls” co-star Siobhán McSweeney, “The Hobbit” actor Luke Evans, comedian Jen Brister and “Doctor Who’s” Pearl Mackie — is asking for U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce legislation giving every person in the country the right to their own voice.

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