Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon AI Companies
Futurism • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Hollywood actors have long expressed concerns about AI companies using their likenesses and voices without consent, threatening their jobs, leading to strikes and lawsuits such as Scarlett Johansson's threat against OpenAI and voice actors suing an AI startup.
- The unveiling of an AI actor named Tilly Norwood last year intensified backlash from both industry insiders and the public, heightening fears over AI replacing human actors.
- To protect his likeness and voice, Matthew McConaughey filed eight trademark applications featuring videos and audio clips of himself, aiming to establish legal grounds to prevent unauthorized AI use and enable litigation if needed.
- McConaughey's legal team views the trademarks as a proactive tool to stop misuse of his image or voice and set a precedent in the evolving AI
