AI Stole Your Voice? Voice actors sue AI startup for using their voices in chatbot

Voice actors Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage are suing AI startup Lovo for allegedly using their voices without permission to create a chatbot named Poe. The couple, who rely on their voice work for a living, discovered the bot sounded exactly like them. They claim Lovo violated trademark and privacy laws by using their voice recordings without disclosure. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, highlights a growing concern among artists and creators about AI technologies potentially replacing them in the job market.