AI that clones, generates, and transforms human voices with near-perfect quality.
AI voice synthesis has reached human parity in quality — it is now difficult for untrained listeners to distinguish AI-generated speech from real recordings. ElevenLabs leads the consumer market with voice cloning from just 1 minute of audio. Resemble AI serves enterprise production use. Hollywood studios now permit AI voice synthesis for ADR (automated dialogue replacement) under strict union-negotiated consent requirements. The technology raises significant ethical concerns around deepfakes and consent — which is why the SAG-AFTRA/studio framework agreement explicitly requires actor consent and residual payments for any AI voice use.
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