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Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints
Amazon Prime Video has scaled back an experiment that created laughable anime dubs with generative AI.
TL;DR
- Amazon Prime Video tested generative AI for anime dubbing in English and Spanish.
- Users reported the AI dubs were emotionless and poorly executed.
- Voice actors and anime fans criticized the use of AI, calling it disrespectful and insulting to human talent.
- Some AI-dubbed anime titles, including *Banana Fish* and *No Game No Life: Zero*, have been removed.
- Amazon previously stated AI dubs would involve human expertise for quality control.
- This experiment follows other criticisms of Amazon's use of AI for summaries and posters, and similar issues with AI subtitles on Crunchyroll.