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Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among starsbacking campaign against AI voice cloning

About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownership

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Jamie Grierson28 Aug 2026, 07:15 amUpdated 14h ago1 min readTechGlobal
Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning

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About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownership

Nicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence voice cloning.

Save Our Voices Now, which is also being supported by Luke Evans, Jen Brister, Siobhán McSweeney and Pearl Mackie, aims to stop the practice in which AI technology is used to replicate a real person’s voice to say anything it is prompted to.

Nicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence voice cloning.

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Source: The Guardian · Jamie Grierson. Published 28 Aug 2026, 07:15 am.

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