Burt Reynolds, Judy Garland, and James Dean Could Be the Narrator for Your Books and News Articles. Here's How.

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ElevenLabs, an AI startup, has signed deals with the estates of several Hollywood icons, including Burt Reynolds, Judy Garland, James Dean, and Laurence Olivier, to create "voice clones" of the actors using only 30 minutes of audio. The voice clones can be used by ElevenLabs to narrate articles, books, and other text within their reading app. Users can have articles narrated by the Hollywood icons, but the voices are unavailable for content outside the app. Concerns remain around unauthorized AI impersonation and lost voice work for actors.

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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.

00:02Eleven Labs, an AI startup, has signed deals with the estates of several Hollywood icons,

00:07including Burt Reynolds, Judy Garland, James Dean, and Laurence Oliver, to create voice

00:11clones of the actors using only 30 minutes of audio.

00:14The voice clones can be used by Eleven Labs to narrate articles, books, and other texts

00:18within their reading app.

00:20Users can have articles narrated by the Hollywood icons, but the voices are not available for

00:24content outside the app.

00:26Concerns remain around unauthorized AI impersonation and lost voice work for actors.

00:30For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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