Federal Judge Allows Voice Actors’ Lawsuit Over AI Voice Cloning to Proceed

A federal judge in New York has ruled that a class-action lawsuit from two voice-over artists against California-based AI voice startup Lovo Inc. can proceed. While dismissing claims that the artists’ voices were protected under federal copyright, the court allowed other allegations—including breach of contract, deceptive business practices, and improper usage of voices as training data for artificial intelligence models—to move forward. The dispute traces back to freelance jobs the artists accepted, only to discover their voices later cloned and used in commercial settings without valid consent. The case advances amid mounting legal challenges from creatives confronting AI companies over use of their work in model training, raising broader questions around copyright protections, employment rights, and AI regulation.

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