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May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has warned that the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) works generated from the voices of voice actors and actresses may violate the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Kyodo News reported. The agency cited the act of learning the voices of voice actors and actresses through AI and having them sing non-representational songs that are subsequently uploaded to video platforms as an example. The local government has previously stated that these actions may violate the law under certain conditions, and is now using specific cases to further alert the public to the risks of unauthorized use. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) today released a report on the "Law on the Prevention of Unfair Competition from the Perspective of...

Twenty-six well-known Japanese voice actors, including Hirokazu Yamadera, Ryusei Nakao, Jun Fukuyama, and Yuki Kaji, recently launched a joint protest against unauthorized AI voice-generation technology, according to soranews24. The voice actors formed a coalition called No More Mudan Seisei AI, and according to representative Ryusei Nakao, "I'm shocked that someone is selling my voice without authorization." Several other voice actors have also protested this and issued a call for no more unauthorized AI voice generation. Meanwhile, agency Aoni Produc...