ElevenLabs struck a deal with actorsMichael CaineandMatthew McConaughey to AI-generate their voices, the company announced this week.
Hollywood and AI have an up-and-down relationship, with AI and its — or lack thereof — guardrails serving among the main concerns that led to the Hollywood strikes a few years ago. Since then, some artists have started to warm up to the idea of AI.
Last year, Metaannounced that its Meta AIwould offer voice assistants that sound like actresses Kristen Bell and Judi Dench. With McConaughey, an investor in ElevenLabs, the company will translate his into Spanish audio with the use of his AI voice.
ElevenLabs also announced this week that it was launching a marketplace to let brands use authorized AI-generated voices of celebrities, which will include Caine and other names like Liza Minelli and Dr. Maya Angelou.
ElevenLabs is one of the more popular AI unicorn companies and has backers including a16z and ICONIQ.
Source: Techcrunch
