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A growing number of artists, publishers, computer programmers and other creators have sued the makers of AI technologies.

A growing number of artists, publishers, computer programmers and other creators have sued the makers of AI technologies.

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Last summer, as they drove to a doctor’s appointment near their home in New York City, Mr Paul Skye Lehrman and Ms Linnea Sage listened to a podcast about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the threat it posed to the livelihoods of writers, actors and other entertainment professionals.

The topic was particularly important to the young married couple. They made their living as voice actors, and AI technologies were beginning to generate voices that sounded like the real thing.

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