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Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly replicating his voice in NotebookLM without permission; Google says the voice is based on a paid actor

NPR's David Greene says he was “completely freaked out” when he heard an AI voice that sounded just like his own, and he's suing over it.See also Mediagazer

Washington Post Will Oremus

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  • @annabookwriter Anna Holmes on bluesky
    A friend here informed me that the train company stole the voice of a voice actor friend of the family, and now every time the bland AI voice announces the stop I get furious.  —  Her mum is a voice coach—dialect, mostly, but a bit of singing.  When your voice is your livelihood,…
  • @samthielman.com @samthielman.com on bluesky
    This stuff offends me on, like, a cellular level [embedded post]
  • @newsjennifer @newsjennifer on bluesky
    holy sh*t. listen to the voice samples in this piece.  what the hell google?  (gift link below) [embedded post]
  • @treblaw Treb on bluesky
    if you use these tools you're stealing from talented people [embedded post]
  • @brutumfulmen @brutumfulmen on bluesky
    It seems like they absolutely stole it.  They steal lots of things.  [embedded post]
  • @shiraovide Shira Ovide on bluesky
    Worth listening to the real David Greene voice and a Google sound-alike.  —  Bonus reference to a legal case involving Bette Midler and a Ford commercial.  [embedded post]
  • @jeradwalker Jerad Walker on bluesky
    Sadly, this isn't even without precedent.  Scarlett Johansson sued OpenAI in 2024, alleging that ChatGPT's virtual assistant Sky was modeled on her voice.  [embedded post]
  • @acarv.in Andy Carvin on bluesky
    There is no way this is a coincidence.  I worked with David at @npr.org, and NotebookLM sounds *precisely* like him, including his conversational cadence.
  • @willoremus.com Will Oremus on bluesky
    NEW: David Greene was the voice of NPR's “Morning Edition.”  Is he also secretly the voice of Google's popular AI podcast tool, NotebookLM?  —  Google says no. Greene thinks they're lying.  My story today breaks the news of his lawsuit and compares the two voices.  Listen for you…
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky
    You know how NotebookLM can summarize any content in the form of an NPR-style podcast?  Well, a former NPR host David Greene noticed and is suing Google for replicating his voice without permission.  —  The company's response is that it used a paid voice actor.