About 80 people, including actors Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas, Hugh Bonneville and others, sign an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect people’s voice ownership. The campaign says AI tools can replicate a real person’s voice and then be used to say anything it is prompted to.
The letter is backed by Save Our Voices Now, a coalition that includes performers such as Luke Evans, Jen Brister, Siobhán McSweeney and Pearl Mackie, alongside additional signatories reported across outlets. Coverage focuses on the entertainment figures’ support for measures aimed at limiting or regulating voice-cloning technology. Other sources in the set report the same core point—that roughly 80 signatories have added their names to the letter—without detailing further proposals.
Taken together, the reporting shows a coordinated public push from public figures to require government action. While outlet coverage varies in how much context and named supporters it provides, all sources emphasize the open letter, the approximate number of signatories, and the demand for legal protections against AI voice cloning.
