For a bit A well -known YouTube channel, windy, British narrator explains the secrets Doom: The Dim EgesHistory. Although not named, his voice may be known to video games as a brand brown. The problem is that Brown had nothing to do with the video.
Brown, which passes Set of gaming toolsHe is the creator of the content and programmer, who has been covering a video game project for over a decade. His channel has 220 films, broadcast to over 1.65 million subscribers, in which he gives thorough explanations about such things as puzzle mechanics Blue prince or solves problems with the user interface in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. (Brown previously wrote for Wired UK.)
. Moose Video, published on a channel called Game Offline Lore, is not a typical Brown content. But the problem is actually greater: Brown never talked about this film. Instead, he says, the creator of the offline game used the AI version of his voice without his knowledge and consent. “The thought that someone else will do to copy my personality in this way” is simply so strange and invasive, “he says. “It’s a bit like plagiarism, but more personal. It’s not my job or my work. It’s a separate part of who I am. € € € € € € €”
Frauds powered by AI are growing. Deepokakes, once restricted to harmful films touching celebrities and average citizens, are now sufficiently advanced happen in real time. When AI penetrates in every aspect of our lives, from work to emotional support, youtubers like Brown are facing a growing problem: theft not only from work, but also about their voices.
Brown lodged a complaint to privacy on YouTube, which usually gives the perpetrator 48 hours to remove the video before the official involvement of YouTube. Usually, you say, YouTube “has quite solid systems” and tools to remove these films. But Brown claims that over 48 hours have passed since he reached out. Both films remain live. Their creator, says, removes comments in which people say that Brown’s voice is stolen.
YouTube spokesman, Jack Malon, tells Wired that he has expanded his privacy policy last year and to ask users to ask users to remove the generated AI or other synthetic or changed content that simulate their face or voice. Malon says that the company browsing the content to determine whether the violation has been made. “We will take action if the content violates our policy,” he says.
Wired was not able to find contact information for the person behind the offline game.
Brown tells Wired that his films are often a product of over 100 hours of work, studying materials, writing scripts, recording the game and editing. “Everyone is a significant project, whose production takes two or three weeks, without any shortcuts, such as the utilize of AI,” he says.
Offline, the channel in question is small, with 744,000 subscribers. Many of the 259 films are shorts, and those with narrative are clearly AI. But a full -length film with a visible voice generated by AI Brown is more popular than many others, with over 60,000 views. In addition, Brown says, probably collects a “immense amount”.
As a content creator, Brown says, he is used to raising his work in various ways. He dealt with people who sent themselves watching his films and even sending their work to their channels.
He did not talk to the person who conducts offline. “I don’t believe that no one who would do it would be empathic,” he says. “Similarly in the same way that it would be frustrating after plagiarizing your work, it is frustrating that someone derived using your person” –