Shen Anyu is a voice actorvoice actor/vɔɪs ˈæktər/L2配音演员a person whose job is to provide voices for characters in movies, TV shows, video games, etc. from Jiangsu, China, where AI copies of his voice have spread widely online. He often makes videos to prove he is human and says, "Hello, sir or madam. I'm not AI. I'm a real voice actor." Platforms sometimes flag his real recordings as AI-generatedAI-generated/ˌeɪ aɪ ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd/L2由人工智能生成的created or produced by artificial intelligence, not by a human., so his wife helps him document the many AI copies.
The AI copies sound very natural and are used in videos Shen never recorded. As a resultas a result/æz ə rɪˈzʌlt/L2因此because of something that happened; consequently., clients stopped hiring him and turned to AI voices, and his income fell. Many other voice actors in China face the same problem.
Shen fights back by filing complaints and preparing legal actionlegal action/ˈliːɡəl ˈækʃən/L2法律行动the process of using laws or courts to solve a problem or punish someone.. However, the fight is very difficult. The people who create the clones are hard to find, and he refuses to make money from an AI version of his voice. "This is how I make a livingmake a living/meɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ/L2谋生to earn the money needed for food, housing, and other basic needs.. If I don't fight for it, no one will fight for me," he says. He knows the battle will take a long time.
