Incident 277: Voices Created Using Publicly Available App Stolen and Resold as NFT without Attribution

Description: An AI-synthetic audio sold as an NFT on Voiceverse’s platform was acknowledged by the company for having been created by 15.ai, a free web app specializing in text-to-speech and AI-voice generation, and reused without proper attribution.

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Alleged: 15.ai developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed 15.ai and 15.ai users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
277
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2022-01-14
Editors
Khoa Lam

Incident Reports

NFT firm Voiceverse admits it stole work after announcing Troy Baker deal
metro.co.uk · 2022

In the wake of Troy Baker’s NFT controversy, the company he’s partnered with has admitted to using someone else’s work without credit.

You’re unlikely to have missed the brouhaha over renowned voice actor Troy Baker announcing his partnersh…

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