Unauthorized Use of AI to Replicate Tupac Shakur's and Snoop Dogg's Voices in Drake's 'Taylor Made Freestyle'
April 19, 2024
Drake released a song, "Taylor Made Freestyle," featuring AI-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. The unauthorized replication of Tupac’s voice without the estate's consent led to a cease-and-desist order.
- Alleged deployer
- drake
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- tupac-shakur, estate-of-tupac-shakur, snoop-dogg
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/792
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