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The makers of a controversial AI-powered voice cloning tool say they will introduce 'extra safeguards' after people used it to generate celebrity voices reading outrageous statements.

ElevenLabs' Prime Voice AI tool, which was released earlier this month, allows people to upload recordings of anyone speaking and use this to generate an artificial voice.

However, users of the platform could now face ID or copyright checks following 'misuse'.

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That's because, according to Sky News, internet trolls used the tool to make a fake David Attenborough go on a sweary rant about his career in the Navy Seals, and Harry Potter star Emma Watson read passages written by Adolf Hitler.

Other celebs including Joe Rogan, James Cameron, Joe Biden and Tom Cruise were reportedly targeted by users of the message board 4chan, as well as a range of fictional characters reading racist and misogynist hate speech.

In a Twitter statement, ElevenLabs asked its followers for feedback on how to combat 'misuse'.

The firm said: "Crazy weekend – thank you to everyone for trying out our Beta platform.

"While we see our tech being overwhelmingly applied to positive use, we also see an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases. We want to reach out to Twitter community for thoughts and feedback."

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The firm could introduce safeguards such as asking users for ID or checking the copyright of any clips they upload.

Right now, the tool is still in the same state, and ElevenLabs hoping to give people access to 'compelling, rich and lifelike voices' for storytelling.

It promises to let you "generate top-quality spoken audio in any voice and style with the most advanced and multipurpose AI speech tool out there".

Despite the controversy, the tool has been described by some as "the most realistic AI text-to-voice platform I've seen."

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