Netflixs Wonka show uses an AI Gene Wilder voice, and viewers object
News Source : The Next Web
News Summary
- Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 film, died in 2016.
- The AI voice was made with ElevenLabs, a company that clones and generates human-like speech.
- Some argued that Wilder himself never agreed to have his voice recreated.
- Netflix has used AI in 300 of its shows, and Hollywood studios are turning to film schools for graduates who use AI video tools, Semafor reported last week.
- The row adds to a wider fight over AI in entertainment.
Netflixs new reality competition, Wonkas The Golden Ticket, uses an AI recreation of Gene Wilders voice, and viewers have pushed back.
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