"David Greene, the longtime host of NPR's "Morning Edition," is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company's NotebookLM tool is based on Greene, according to The Washington Post. Greene said that after friends, family members, and coworkers began emailing him about the resemblance, he became convinced that the voice was replicating his cadence, intonation, and use of filler words like "uh.""
""My voice is, like, the most important part of who I am," said Greene, who currently hosts the KCRW show "Left, Right, & Center." Among other features, Google's NotebookLM allows users to generate a podcast with AI hosts. A company spokesperson told the Post that the voice used in this product is unrelated to Greene's: "The sound of the male voice in NotebookLM's Audio Overviews is based on a paid professional actor Google hired.""
David Greene, longtime host of NPR's Morning Edition, is suing Google, alleging the male podcast voice in NotebookLM is based on his speech. Friends, family, and coworkers alerted him to the resemblance, leading him to believe the voice reproduces his cadence, intonation, and filler words such as 'uh'. Greene hosts KCRW's Left, Right, & Center and considers his voice central to his identity. NotebookLM enables users to generate podcasts with AI hosts. Google states the male voice was produced by a paid professional actor and is unrelated to Greene. Similar disputes have emerged, including OpenAI removing a ChatGPT voice after Scarlett Johansson's complaint.
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