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Japan actors' union, Itochu launch first official voice database to curb AI misuse

By Toko Sekiguchi ( November 17, 2025, 07:32 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s largest actors and voice-artists union has teamed up with trading house Itochu and its systems arm to launch what it called the country’s first official voice database, designed to protect performers from unauthorized AI-generated reproductions and to build a regulated market for licensed voice data.Japan’s largest actors and voice-artists union has teamed up with trading house Itochu and its systems arm to launch what it called the country’s first official voice database, designed to protect performers from unauthorized AI-generated reproductions and to build a regulated market for licensed voice data....

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