ElevenLabs announced a new deal with Stan Lee Universe that enables AI replication of Stan Lee’s appearance and voice. The AI Stan Lee will be offered through ElevenLabs’ Iconic Marketplace for audiobook narration and for generating AI comic panels featuring him. A monthly “Stan Lee Book Club of the Month” series will also be launched, with the AI Lee reading a different book each month. The use of AI to resurrect deceased public figures is described as controversial and ethically fraught. The situation is framed as especially troubling because Lee allegedly suffered elder abuse in his final years, including being used for money through frequent appearances and forced fan interactions. Stan Lee Universe claims the partnership aligns with Lee’s spirit and his belief in meeting fans in multiple formats.
"On Wednesday, the company announced that it signed a new deal with the famed Marvel writer's social media brand, Stan Lee Universe, allowing it to replicate his appearance and voice using AI - meaning that Lee will still be giving cameos beyond the grave, only this time without his say so."
"According to the announcement, users can pick Lee's AI clone on the ElevenLabs "Iconic Marketplace" to narrate audiobooks and, in further mockery of his legacy, create AI generated comic panels that star him in it. ElevenLabs will also launch a new "Stan Lee Book Club of the Month" series, in which the AI Lee will read a different book every month."
"AI resurrections of dead public figures are always controversial and ethically fraught. But it feels especially egregious in Lee's case, as he was allegedly the victim of horrific elder abuse in his final years, before dying at the age of 95. A lawsuit accused his handlers of trotting out the ailing writer to make money off his frequent public appearances, forcing him to write his signature for fans even when he appeared to forget where he was and how to spell his name."
""Stan always believed in meeting his fans where they were: in the pages of a comic, at a convention, or in a quick on-screen cameo," Rainey said in a statement to Variety. "This partnership is a way of continuing that. Fans have always tol"
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