Italy’s leader wants to trademark her voice to stop AI fakes

Giorgia Meloni is taking legal steps to protect her voice from being stolen by artificial intelligence technology.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking a new step to protect herself online. She wants to trademark her voice. This would make it illegal for people to use her voice without permission. Why is she doing this? It is because of AI, or artificial intelligence. Technology has gotten so good that computers can now mimic a person’s voice perfectly. People can use this tech to make "deepfakes." These are fake videos or audio clips that look and sound like a real person saying things they never actually said. Meloni is worried about these fake clips being used to trick the public. By trad…