Summary
A federal judge in New York has decided that a lawsuit by two voice-over artists against an AI voice company, Lovo Inc., can proceed. The lawsuit claims that Lovo used the artists' voices without permission for their AI training, although the judge dismissed the claim regarding federal copyright law.
Key Facts
- Two voice-over artists, Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage, have filed a lawsuit against Lovo Inc., an AI voice company.
- The artists allege their voices were used without permission in an AI product.
- A judge has allowed the breach of contract and deceptive business practices claims to go forward, but dismissed the federal copyright claim.
- Lovo Inc. requested the case be dismissed, but the judge has allowed part of it to continue.
- The artists claim Lovo employees contacted them for work under false pretenses on the freelance site Fiverr.
- Lehrman and Sage heard clones of their voices in AI-generated content without their consent.
- The alleged cloned voices were later used for content on Lovo's platform but have since been removed.
