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This particular podcast had a unique hook – they interviewed an AI-powered chat bot, equipped with text-to-speech software, to ask how it thought the use of AI would affect jobs in Hollywood.
But, when it spoke, it sounded just like Mr Lehrman.
"We needed to pull the car over," he said.
"The irony that AI is coming for the entertainment industry, and here is my voice talking about the potential destruction of the industry, was really quite shocking."
That night they spent hours online, searching for clues until they came across the site of text-to-speech platform Lovo. Once there, Ms Sage said she found a copy of her voice as well.
"I was stunned," she said. "I couldn't believe it."
"A tech company stole our voices, made AI clones of them, and sold them possibly hundreds of thousands of times."
They have now filed a lawsuit against Lovo. The firm has not yet responded to that or the BBC's requests for comment. ...
In their lawsuit, the couple set out how they say Lovo obtained just such a recording from them.
They allege anonymous Lovo employees contacted them to record audio assets on Fiverr, the popular freelance talent website, where they were selling their services to provide audio for television, radio, video games, and other media. ...
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