David Attenborough, 98, is ‘profoundly disturbed’ by unauthorised AI clone of voice

Sir David Attenborough is ‘profoundly disturbed’ by unauthorised AI clones of his voice.

The legendary 98-year-old broadcaster and naturalist’s dependable is instantly recognisable by audiences acknowledgment to decades of narrating documentaries specified arsenic Planet Earth, Blue Planet and his caller programme Asia.

However, an artificial quality (AI) replica of his dependable has been popping successful caller weeks up connected platforms similar YouTube, wherever it is being utilized to present partisan quality reports.

Addressing the news, Attenborough told BBC News that the AI clone amounts to individuality theft.

‘Having spent a beingness trying to talk what I judge to beryllium the truth, I americium profoundly disturbed to find these days my individuality is being stolen by others and greatly entity to them utilizing it to accidental immoderate they wish,’ helium said successful a statement.

The contention came to airy aft BBC News aired a voiceover from Asia, successful which Sir David says: ‘If you deliberation you’ve seen the champion the earthy satellite has to offer, deliberation again. There is obscurity other connected Earth with truthful galore untold stories. Welcome then, to Asia.’

The seasoned broadcaster then played the aforesaid clip, earlier asking viewers if they noticed immoderate differences betwixt the two.

Although they were astir identical, the 2nd video was really narrated by an AI-generated voice, which led to Sir David’s absorption aft the BBC made him alert of the issue.

Despite the backlash, the creator down the cloned dependable sought to clarify its stance successful a clip narrated by the AI mentation of Attenborough.

‘Let’s acceptable the grounds straight. Unless Mr Attenborough has been moonlighting for america successful secret, and nether an assumed sanction with enactment authorisation successful the United States, helium is not connected our payroll,’ they said.

‘I americium not David Attenborough. We are some antheral British voices for sure, but I americium not David Attenborough for anyone retired determination who mightiness beryllium confused.’

The quality documentarian is not the archetypal nationalist fig to denounce AI.

Earlier this year, Scarlett Johansson objected to OpenAI utilizing her dependable despite her rejecting their offer, and they subsequently pulled the dependable soon aft its launch.

And her Fly Me To The Moon co-star Channing Tatum aboriginal said: ‘So galore radical are going to suffer their jobs conscionable to an AI that tin bash truthful much.’

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