Last week, Mark Graeme (OCX UK) and Mark Eaves (Gravity Road) took us inside the decision brands now face every day: AI voice earns its place for content at scale, while a human voice wins when a brand wants to connect with its audience through trust.
This week, we hear from the other side of that decision: what it’s like to be on the wrong end of AI. Voice actor Faye Dicker discovered her voice had been cloned and sold via a US platform without her consent. It was downloaded more than 900 times before it was taken down. Faye tells us how she found out, what it felt like to hear her voice saying things she never agreed to, and the steps she took to get it removed.
Then we ask what can be done about it. Shannon Sailing, Industrial Official for Audio and Games at Equity, the UK’s trade union for performers, dealt with Faye’s case and is now handling a wave of similar claims. Shannon explains who to contact if it happens to you, what Equity can do, and why the union pushes for the same four things every time: consent, control, compensation and transparency.
Next week, we turn to the law, with intellectual property lawyer Dr Mathilde Pavis on what current UK law says about your voice, and what you can do to protect it today.
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Faye Dicker
Faye Dicker Voiceover Artist | Presenter, Host & Public Speaker | Bristol
Equity
Equity – the UK’s trade union for performers
Save Our Voices Now
Sign the petition – UK Parliament
Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing AI voice cloning campaign – ITV News
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00:00 Season Intro and Stakes
01:13 Meet Faye Dicker
01:25 Career Highlights
03:15 Discovering the Clone
04:33 Testing the AI Voice
06:52 First Steps and Evidence
09:43 Equity Support and Aftermath
12:38 Takedown Speed Debate
14:13 BRAVA Sponsor Break
15:12 How Faye Feels Now
16:47 Human Voice and Advocacy
18:02 Meet Shannon from Equity
19:38 Patterns in Voice Theft
21:37 What Equity Can Do
24:18 UK Law Gaps and Fixes
27:24 Defining Success Outcomes
28:59 Advice if It Happens
33:32 Campaigns and Pressure
38:01 Future of Human Voice
40:50 Wrap Up and Next Episode
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