Hasbro’s TV Contracts Allegedly Ask Child Voice Actors to Sign Rights Away for AI Use

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hasbro's television contracts are apparently requiring child voice actors to sign away rights to their voices for artificial intelligence use. The U.K.-based Agents of Young Performers Association is raising objections, arguing that parental approval should never function as a blanket license to capture, clone, train, or reuse a child's voice indefinitely. The dispute reflects broader tension between entertainment studios and child protection advocates as voice cloning technology becomes increasingly commercially valuable.

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