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AI and Your Likeness: Consent in the Age of Generators
Why your face, voice, and writing style deserve protection from AI training.
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- 1The big idea
- 2consent
- 3biometric data
- 4style cloning
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Section 1
The big idea
AI models can now clone your voice from 30 seconds of audio and your art style from a handful of posts. Once your face or voice is in someone's training set, getting it out is nearly impossible. Knowing what you post, who can grab it, and how to push back when someone uses your likeness without permission is core digital self-defense.
Some examples
- Friends putting your face on a meme generator without asking is a consent violation, even if it's 'just a joke.'
- Voice notes you send in group chats can be scraped and cloned.
- Posting your art publicly doesn't grant anyone a license to train a model on it.
- Many platforms now let you opt out of AI training — find the toggle.
Try it!
Audit your three most-used apps. Find their AI training settings and decide what you want opted in or out. Share what you learned with one friend.
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