Gayanne Potter told us that ScotRail are using her voice for their new AI train announcements without her permission.
ScotRail unveiled their new AI announcer ‘Iona’ earlier this month, and Gayanne is urging them to change it.
Gayanne explained that her voice was taken from a previous employer, Swedish company ReadSpeaker, and claims it was not made clear in her contract that they could use her voice again in the future.
This episode includes responses from both ScotRail and ReadSpeaker.
Also in this episode:
-Disposable vapes are officially banned from Sunday, June 1st
-New AI test could end ‘postcode lottery’ for ‘game changer’ prostate cancer drug
-Drought declared in North West England
-Japanese researchers say cats can indeed smell the difference between a stranger and their owner…
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