India, July 27 -- Several actors have claimed that AI copied their faces, voices and acting performances without their permission, replacing them with AI-generated versions in popular micro drama shows. Actor Ashley BeLoat said she discovered that an AI-generated remake of a series she had starred in had appeared on the same app just months after the original was released.

BeLoat had played the lead role in "Hate the Way I Love You," a micro drama released on MoboReels, about a young couple whose future changes after a cancer diagnosis. According to BeLoat, the AI remake had the same storyline, but the AI actress looked younger, had longer hair, wore a more revealing outfit, copied her movements and sounded very similar to her.

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