Companies need accurate data to train artificial intelligence, but the owners of this data say that they have been wronged in recent years. The last example of this is between Apple and voice actors.Customers of Spotify’s audiobook firm say they are not sufficiently informed about a contract clause they have agreed to allow Apple to use their voices in AI training. On the other hand, Apple had included audiobooks created entirely by artificial intelligence voices into Apple Books earlier this year. Broadcasters and professional voice actors say this eliminates an important source of income.
Apple may have used artist voices in AI training
Apple, on the other hand, intends to use artificial intelligence in works that do not have many readers or buyers of audiobooks. These works include textbooks, small prints, or periodicals with short circulation. But voice actors and writers working with a company called Findaway, which is owned by Spotify, claim that Apple used their voices to train its own artificial intelligence tool.
The basis of this claim is a clause in the contract. This clause gives Apple rights to “use audiobook files for machine learning training and models.” “Using our voice to educate something whose purpose is to take our place feels like a violation,” said Andy Garcia-Ruse, a narrator at Findaway.On the other hand, writers and voice actors complain that this is not clearly stated in the signatures of their updated contracts. In addition, it is not clear exactly when this substance was added.
Besides, their contract with Findaway reportedly includes the option to revoke the option that allows Apple to use their works. Author Isobel Starling states that she immediately requested the exercise of this right and that Findaway had forwarded this request to Apple. But another narrator, Gary Furlong, said Findaway has yet to respond to his own request. On the other hand, for now, Findaway, Spotify and Apple have not made a statement on the subject.
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