more and more skyrim mods including more than a few on the mrated side are using aigenerated voices based on real voice actors some of those actors have now publicly decried the practice of scraping and cloning performances without permission especially for pornographic purposes ai voice work is not a new controversy but its become significantly more prevalent in the skyrim modding scene in recent months on the back of the ai tool elevenlabs which got off the ground in 2022 and slowly gathered momentum among skyrim modders the official stance of nexus mods which in april 2023 ruled that aigenerated mod content is not against our rules also added fuel to the fire ai has fairly recently been used to give voices to the dragonborn some skyrim npc companions and plenty of other characters naturally it was only a matter of time before the technology reached explicit mods which have been a step too far for some with the rise of ai voice cloning voice actors are being abused by the modding communities as a member of the skyrim modding scene i am deeply concerned at the practice of using ai voice cloning to create and distribute nonconsensual deepfake pornographic content pictwittercomysufqrtjh0july 1 2023see morea lengthy new post from twitter user robbie92 argues voice actors are being abused by the modding communities which are using ai voice cloning to create and distribute nonconsensual deepfake pornographic content the post includes a list of voice actors whose performances have allegedly been used in skyrim porn mods while ive been unable to verify all the affected actors for myself by ear alone there is an ocean of skyrim porn mods people and ai mods tend not to credit the voices theyve cloned robbie92 also shared a hefty document linking to dozens of mods that unabashedly use ai voices frequently via elevenlabs indeed many of the skyrim projects on nexus mods that are tagged aigenerated even invite users to further remix or adjust artificial voices this post has reignited debate over the morality of ai voice acting in mods and directed portions of the internets ongoing deepfake deliberation to the skyrim mod community initial responses from voice actors including many whove worked on the elder scrolls series or skyrim specifically have not been welcoming image credit skyrimthis is really disturbing said elisa gabrielli who voiced maven blackbriar in skyrim and has contributed to dozens of other games ill look into it if you find my voice in one of these situations please let me know so i can ask that it be taken down adds ben diskin whose numerous video game voice credits include the elder scrolls online i do not consent to my biometric data being used for these purposesvoice actor kyle mccarley whos perhaps best known for many anime roles but has also voiced in several games including the elder scrolls online echoed diskins stance please tell me if you find my voice print somewhere like this i dont