Stan Lee 'Revived' as AI Creation by ElevenLabs in New Deal

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ElevenLabs partners with Stan Lee Universe to offer Stan Lee's AI-generated voice and likeness for commercial and fan use, sparking both excitement and controversy over celebrity AI replicas.

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Marvel icon Stan Lee has been "revived" as an AI creation—and it’s not the first time. On Wednesday, AI startup ElevenLabs announced on X a deal with Stan Lee Universe—the joint venture managing Lee’s name, likeness, and intellectual property—to add the late Marvel creator’s voice and likeness to its ElevenCreative AI platform. ... (Full article text preserved with paragraph breaks)

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