Звезды кино на грани: Макконахи и Кейн погружаются в мир ИИ-голосов Headline: Movie Stars on Edge: McConaughey and Caine Dive into the World of AI Voices

Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have entered into an agreement with the AI company ElevenLabs to create digital replicas of their voices. This was reported on the company’s website.

The lead actor from the film «The Gentlemen» has been an «investor and one of the early supporters» of the platform for years. He intends to utilize the company’s technology to launch the Spanish version of the newsletter «Lyrics of Livin.»

«I take pride in being an investor in ElevenLabs for several years. It has been amazing to witness the company’s growth and innovations from its early days to its current achievements,» the actor stated.

Caine has added his voice to the new marketplace created by Iconic Voice. This platform allows producers and brands to license his voice for use in audiobooks, advertising campaigns, and other projects.

The digitized voice of the actor joins a collection of digital replicas of deceased celebrities, including Judy Garland, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, and Alan Turing.

Former First Lady Melania Trump collaborated with ElevenLabs to create an audiobook of her memoirs.

Actors have split into two camps: those in favor of the commercial use of artificial intelligence and those against it.

Three-time Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro recently asserted at the Netflix screening of «Frankenstein» in New York: «To hell with AI!»

Later in an interview, he stated that he would rather die than use generative artificial intelligence in films. «I am 61 years old, and I hope to remain indifferent to its use until the end of my life,» he added.

Oscar winner Emma Thompson expressed «strong irritation» regarding Microsoft’s AI assistant’s suggestion to rewrite her scripts: «I don’t need you to rewrite what I’ve just written!»

Avengers star and Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. announced last October that he would sue any future executives who create digital replicas of his Iron Man character using generative AI without permission.

Boris Relinger, the French voice of Ben Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix, leads the TouchePasMaVF initiative aimed at protecting human dubbing from being replaced by AI.

«I feel threatened, even though my voice has not yet been replaced by AI,» he stated.

In October 2024, Nicolas Cage urged young actors not to succumb to pressure from employers and to fight against the use of AI and EBDR (Employment-Based Digital Replica) to alter or manipulate their performances.

EBDRs allow for the creation of a digital copy of an actor with their involvement. For instance, the «de-aged» Indiana Jones portrayed by Harrison Ford in the 2023 film «Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.»

Previously, the Hollywood actor mentioned that his cameo as Superman in the 2023 film «The Flash» was not akin to what he truly performed.

«It’s inhumane. Nothing can be more inhumane than artificial intelligence,» he remarked.

Recall that in July, Cage expressed concerns about the future of artificial intelligence in Hollywood.

That same month, voice actors for video games and motion capture specialists went on strike after failed negotiations regarding worker protection in relation to the use of AI.