Voices Created Using Publicly Available App Stolen and Resold as NFT without Attribution

January 14, 2022

An NFT audio piece, synthesized by an AI application, was discovered to have been created using 15.ai—a free web app for text-to-speech and AI voice generation—without proper citation. This incident underscores the critical need for safe, secure, and responsible AI practices.

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MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.635, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.627, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.619, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: 15.ai
Alleged developer: 15.ai
Alleged harmed parties: 15.ai, 15.ai-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/277

Data source

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