The 87-year-old Oscar winner is one of many Hollywood stars whose voices have been imitated using technology.
Freeman wrote on X: “Thank you to my incredible fans for their vigilance and support in calling out the unauthorized use of an AI voice imitating me.
“Your efforts help ensure that authenticity and integrity remain our top priority. Thank you. #AI #Fraud #Imitation #IdentityProtection.”
Thank you to my incredible fans for their vigilance and support in calling out the unauthorized use of an AI voice impersonating me. Your efforts help ensure that authenticity and integrity remain a top priority. I am grateful. — Morgan Freeman (@morgan_freeman) #AI #Fraud #Imitation #IdentityProtectionJune 28, 2024
It is unclear which problem with artificial intelligence the US actor, known from the films “The Shawshank Redemption”, “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Million Dollar Baby”, wanted to address in his contribution.
There are reports of a TikTok influencer using technology to seemingly mimic Freeman’s voice and joke that she is the actor’s niece.
A deepfake artist also created an AI-generated video of Freeman in 2022.
Freeman has lent his voice to documentaries, including the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins, and more recent narratives in the nature shows Life on Our Planet and Our Universe, as well as several commercials.
Freeman’s post follows Scarlett Johansson’s threat to take legal action against OpenAI last month for allegedly copying and imitating her voice after she refused to grant the company a license to do so.
In a statement, Johansson said that after she turned down OpenAI’s request to be a voice named “Sky” for its AI system, the company founded by Sam Altman mimicked her voice.
