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  "title": "Rep. Jennifer Wexton addresses the House with an AI clone of her own voice after progressive supranuclear palsy took her speech",
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  "account": "On 25 July 2024, Representative Jennifer Wexton of Virginia gave a House floor speech for Disability Pride Month. She was diagnosed in 2023 with progressive supranuclear palsy. She used an augmentative and alternative communication device playing an AI-generated clone of her voice. The Associated Press reported that ElevenLabs built the voice from recordings of her congressional speeches and public appearances. The Congressional Record has her saying that PSP “has robbed me of my ability to use my full voice”. She said hearing the recreation was “the most beautiful thing I had ever heard, and I cried tears of joy”. The Office of the House Historian states she was the first Member to speak on the House floor using this type of assistive technology.",
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      "citation": "Merica D, Associated Press via PBS NewsHour (25 Jul 2024). A neurological disorder took Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her bring it back to the House floor.",
      "title": "A neurological disorder took Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her bring it back to the House floor",
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      "quote": "It was a special moment that I never imagined could happen. I cried happy tears when I first heard it"
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      "citation": "Congressional Record, Vol. 170 No. 121, House, 25 July 2024, p. H4934 (govinfo).",
      "title": "Congressional Record - House - July 25, 2024 - Disability Rights",
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      "citation": "Office of the House Historian (27 Mar 2026). Finding Her Voice - The Honorable Jennifer Wexton of Virginia Oral History.",
      "title": "Finding Her Voice - The Honorable Jennifer Wexton of Virginia Oral History",
      "url": "https://history.house.gov/Blog/2026/March/3-27-OralHistory-Wexton/",
      "date": "2026-03-27",
      "written_by": "independent",
      "quote": "Just because my voice is coming from a device rather than me directly, doesn't make it any less mine or any less important to hear."
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      "A corpus of prior recordings in the person's own voice",
      "Consent-based cloning by the vendor",
      "An AAC device and House rules permitting its use on the floor"
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      "The speaker retains the ability to compose text",
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    "basis": "Same developer and task: ElevenLabs synthesizing a public figure's voice; Wexton's consented clone restored her House speech, while 4chan and Reddit users cloned celebrities' and public figures' voices to impersonate and defame them."
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    "quote": "The voice sounded more like a robot than a human, but Wexton used it to conduct interviews and give speeches.",
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      "source": "Merica D, Associated Press via PBS NewsHour (25 Jul 2024): https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-neurological-disorder-took-rep-jennifer-wextons-voice-ai-helped-her-bring-it-back-to-the-house-floor",
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