"As reported by Automaton West, Konami's deletion of two YouTube videos in which Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship duels are presented with AI-generated commentary follows the publisher's announcement of a trial run of the tech. The video announcing that trial included a promise to leverage training data based on "countless simulations" of games using over 12,000 cards' worth of data. Konami alleges that it understood the AI speech model it used-called "Anneli"-to be permitted for commercial use."
"That's because voice actress and singer Hibiku Yamamura has asserted that it was her voice the AI had digested to produce the commentary tracks in question. In a post to X, the singer claims that (as translated using the built-in function on X), "No matter how I listen, it's unmistakably my voice. But it's clearly not me-my voice is reading text I've never read before." She adds, "countless people who don't know this are listening to that narration.""
"Konami alleges that it understood the AI speech model it used-called "Anneli"-to be permitted for commercial use. But the company is now investigating whether the data used to train the model may have been "based on unauthorized learning." That's because voice actress and singer Hibiku Yamamura has asserted that it was her voice the AI had digested to produce the commentary tracks in question."
Konami trialed AI-generated commentary for Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship duels and posted demonstration videos drawing on training data described as "countless simulations" across more than 12,000 cards. The publisher removed two YouTube videos after reports and stated it believed the AI speech model "Anneli" was permitted for commercial use. Konami is investigating whether the model's training data may have been "based on unauthorized learning." Voice actress and singer Hibiku Yamamura asserts the commentary used a voice indistinguishable from hers without consent, saying her voice reads text she never recorded and that many listeners remain unaware.
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