Apr 26, 2024 03:44 AM
CHINA
Court Rules a Person Has Rights Over Use of Their AI-Synthesized Voice
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Beijing Internet Court said an AI-synthesized voice can be deemed recognizable if it can lead the general public or people within the relevant field to associate the voice with a specific person
A Beijing court has ruled to extend the protection of a person’s voice rights to include their synthesized voice generated by artificial intelligence (AI), in an effort to set legal boundaries to the application of emerging technologies.
In China’s first such case, Beijing Internet Court (BIC) said an AI-synthesized voice can be deemed recognizable if it can lead the general public or people within the relevant field to associate the voice with a specific person based on their voice characteristics such as timbre, tone and pronunciation style.
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