80 UK Figures Back Voice-Rights Campaign Against AI Cloning as 28% Report Scam Targeting
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 28
80 UK Figures Back Voice-Rights Campaign Against AI Cloning as 28% Report Scam Targeting
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 28
Summary
About 80 actors and public figures have signed an open letter and launched a Gov.uk petition seeking statutory ownership of every Briton’s voice to curb AI cloning.
Save Our Voices Now says current law lets companies and criminals copy a person’s voice in as little as three seconds without consent, turning it into both an artists’ rights issue and a fraud risk.
Nicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville, Matt Lucas and others argue voices are part of personal identity and say legislation, contracts and ethics are lagging behind fast-moving AI tools.
The campaign cites a wider public threat as 28% of UK adults say they have been targeted by a voice-cloning scam, while Denmark is already moving to grant legal control over face, body and voice.