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   Jeff Geerling (geerlingguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 12:55:38 JST Jeff Geerling

   They stole my voice with AI

   Elecrow—an electronics company that makes Pi and ESP accessories—used an AI voice for multiple tutorial series which sounds _almost exactly_ like me.

   I never consented to have my voice used to promote Elecrow's products.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ

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     Jeff Geerling (geerlingguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 08:11:23 JST Jeff Geerling

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     Update: The CEO of Elecrow responded to my email about the unauthorized voice cloning early this morning.

     I will be posting a video with more details and my reaction either tomorrow or Wednesday, but here's a snippet of the email.

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     Travis (tebrown@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 08:11:31 JST Travis

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     @geerlingguy Honestly, that was a much better response than I was expecting.

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 08:11:34 JST Ernie Smith

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     @geerlingguy It sounds like they did the right thing here. I’m happy they realized they were in the wrong.

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     I can’t believe its not @twcau (twcau@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 08:11:42 JST I can’t believe its not @twcau

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     @geerlingguy Well, that seems like a decent response - if they do everything they say they will.

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     NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite: (nab@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 08:11:54 JST NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite:

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     @geerlingguy Wow. Now that's a response and a half. I'd have put money on no reply or a "we can do what we want" comment. But this. Wow again. Almost makes me want to go and buy something from them!
     Just a shame I'm surprised by a company doing the right thing.

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