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Nicola Coughlan Pushes Legal Voice Ownership Against AI

8/28/2026

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Actors Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville launched a campaign against AI voice cloning.
The campaign urges Prime Minister Andy Burnham to grant every Briton legal ownership of their voice.
Founder Peter Caulfield says AI can clone a voice in three seconds, enabling theft without consent.
A Gov.uk petition seeks statutory rights to own one’s voice, face and body, citing 28% of adults facing scams.

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Actors Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville launched a campaign against AI voice cloning.
The campaign urges Prime Minister Andy Burnham to grant every Briton legal ownership of their voice.
Founder Peter Caulfield says AI can clone a voice in three seconds, enabling theft without consent.
A Gov.uk petition seeks statutory rights to own one’s voice, face and body, citing 28% of adults facing scams.