Adobe Latest Target in Wave of Lawsuits Over AI Voice Training

Adobe allegedly used the voices of seven journalists and podcasters to train AI models without their consent, a federal lawsuit said.

The plaintiffs include Pulitzer Prize winners, Peabody Award recipients, and professional audiobook narrators whose voices were publicly available through their work in journalism and audio production. The proposed class action was filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Lindsey Dorcus, Carol Marin, Philip Rogers, Alison Flowers, Robin Amer, Yohance Lacour, and Victoria Nassif.

The lawsuit is the ninth in a series the voice professionals have filed challenging the unauthorized use of voice ...