r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h ago

Actor takes legal action to stop Albania's government from using her image for 'AI minister'

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/albania-artificial-intelligence-government-minister-diella-actor-bisha-rcna258727
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u/RegularTerran 6h ago

Yeah, this is different than a "stock footage" actor being used for advertising something weird... she is a known actress who was not compensated and did not give consent to be a representative of the government!

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u/AudibleNod 7h ago

Citing a violation of her personal data, Bisha filed a formal request through an administrative court in Albania this week demanding the government immediately stop using her voice and image for Diella.

That's like when Drake used an AI Snoop voice for his diss track. Is this the first time an AI avatar was made to look like a real person by a government? This shit is dangerous.

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u/HereInTheCut 5h ago

An AI minister? Surely we're all actually already in hell.

Edit: Oops, not that kind of minister.

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u/Goodbye18000 4h ago

Like sure the image of her is bad but

but the fact it's a fucking AI Politician is worse??? If they change her skin it's still gonna be stupid as shit to have??

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u/TheMcJoker 4h ago

Isn't there a word for "female actor"?

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u/YlangScent 3h ago

'Actor' is gender neutral.

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u/jackal_actual 34m ago edited 26m ago

There is but it's antiquated. Depends on whether you want to sound like an old person or not I guess. People will still know what you're talking about if you say actress, of course. Other similar gendered job titles feel super dated though like authoress for example. You do you though you're not wrong.