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AI can clone our voices now — what do we do?

Someone plays you a voice clone. It sounds like you, or like your colleague. Now you are afraid — of fake calls, of stolen work, of contracts you don't understand — and you don't know enough to even discuss it with your team. This is not weakness. A gap between 'I don't understand this' and 'this could hurt me' will always breed dread. The dread is not proof of danger. It is proof of an unanswered question. You do not need to become an engineer. You need to close the gap — learn the plain facts, decide together what you will protect, and agree on what you'll do if it happens to one of you. That is work you can finish this week, together.

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The fear is mostly built from not knowing how the technology works, so teach first — then the team needs a concrete decision-making push to convert facts into policy.
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What’s really going on

You cannot stop this technology from existing. You can control what you learn about it, what you guard, and what your team agrees to this week. Fear grows in the dark. Turn on the light: learn three facts, set one policy, hold one conversation. That is the whole task.

🔒 What you’ll build togetherUnlock by starting
A moveSit down as a pod and list every place your voice is recorded — sales calls, podcasts, voicemail, client meetings. Say it out loud, don't just think it.
A moveAsk one person to spend twenty minutes learning how voice cloning actually works, then explain it to the rest of you in five minutes. Replace imagination with fact.
A moveChoose one policy this week: what you will and will not let anyone record you for. Write it down.
A moveDraft the sentence you'll say when a client or platform asks to use your voice for AI training — before you need it.
A moveDecide right now who handles it if a clone of one of you appears. Don't wait for panic to assign the job.
PractiseVoice Audit · a Pod of 4 · 30 min

What changes unlock by starting

  • You can explain, in plain terms, what voice cloning can and cannot do.
  • Your team has a written policy on consent and recording, not just a shared worry.
  • You have a ready response if a clone of your voice or a teammate's turns up.
  • The fear shrinks from a formless cloud to a short list of managed risks.

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