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Journalists, Podcasters Sue Alphabet, Google for Voiceprints in AI Trained Models
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2026-05-14GOOGLAlphabetAlpha Vantage Newsregulatory
Event summary
A group of journalists, podcasters, and audiobook narrators have filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. and Google, alleging that Google unlawfully extracted their "voiceprints" from publicly available recordings without consent. The plaintiffs claim Google used these voiceprints to train its AI-based voice products, such as Gemini Live and NotebookLM Audio Overviews. They further contend that these commercial products now directly compete with them in their own profession.
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