Vancouver AI Highlights: Amanda Silvera on AI Voice Theft and Protection (Nov 2025)

Amanda Silvera shares how her voice was cloned and abused, and urges policy, detection tech, and community action to protect biometric identity.

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📍 Chapters:
01:00 – Amanda ⁠self-introduction
02:08 – Voice cloning incident
03:40 – Legal gray area & takedowns
05:07 – Advocacy & policy efforts
06:19 – Tracking clones; AI detection
07:14 – Responsibility & legal catch-up
07:51 – Petition
08:44 – Q&A: beyond voice to physical identity
10:55 – Hiring roles needed
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