Editorial

16:25 JST, July 27, 2025

The act of using artificial intelligence to generate voices that sound identical to those of voice actors and singers and uploading them to the internet has been rampant. Discussions should be deepened on how to protect their “voice rights.”

The internet is flooded with videos of voice actors speaking lines unrelated to works in which they participated and singers performing other singers’ songs. It is believed that such content has been created by training generative AI without permission to create highly similar voices.

The Japan Actors Union, whose members include many voice actors, has reported that it confirmed about 270 such cases in an investigation that was conducted over a three-month period. The union and other organizations have called for obtaining consent........

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