Tomb Raider IV–V–VI Remastered has given Lara Croft fans both old and new a means of reconnecting with her past adventures, but recent updates to the collection have attracted criticism from some sectors of the community due to the alleged use of Generative AI to produce new spoken dialogue.
Tomb Raider fan account @infinitytombraider.bsky.social spotted something was amiss when the latest patch went live. It was suggested that restored lines in the French version of the game were created using Gen AI based on the voice of Françoise Cadol, Lara Croft's voice actor.
The account later claimed that Cadol was not asked to record any new voicelines, and "did not give her consent for any subsequent use of her voice, especially with AI. She only recently found out about the remasters."
The furore has reached the point where Paul Douglas, who co-created the original Tomb Raider with Toby Gard in 1996, has decided to add his own opinion to the mix:
This isn't an issue that is unique to Tomb Raider, by any means. French voice actors have recently launched the #TouchePasMaVF (“Don’t Touch My French Version”) campaign in an effort to prevent their voice work from being used to train AI models.
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