Overview
- Morgan Freeman told The Guardian his team has identified multiple unauthorized uses of his voice and is pursuing offenders, calling the cloning "robbing" him of paid work.
- He described himself as "PO'd" about AI recreations and framed nonconsensual voice copying as a form of theft rather than a technological inevitability.
- Freeman criticized the synthetic performer Tilly Norwood as inauthentic and job-displacing, echoing SAG-AFTRA’s view that such characters are trained on actors’ work without permission or compensation.
- Other stars are choosing licensed pathways, with Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partnering with ElevenLabs to create approved commercial versions of their voices.
- Freeman’s campaign escalates his earlier warnings about AI imitations, while concrete legal outcomes in the evolving voice and likeness landscape have not yet been reported.