The testy situation has led the community to start having conversations about what happens next. Kotaku reached out to NexusMods for comment. NexusMods, the biggest repository of mods for games like Skyrim, said in an April 2023 statement “AI-generated mod content is not against our rules, but may be removed if we receive a credible complaint from an affected creator/rights holder.” The stance has proven controversial, especially because AI-generated mods are currently active on the site.
Robbie, the Twitter user who brought attention to these mods (himself a Skyrim modder), claims that voice actors who reached out to NexusMods were able to get the content related to them removed, but Kotaku was not able to independently confirm this. I’ve seen some of these mods in action, and they certainly don’t come close to portraying a realistic sexual encounter - the wooden line delivery of the AI-generated voices are yet another reminder that AI cannot and should not replace real people - but that doesn’t make the existence of such mods any less problematic. Many of the pornographic voice line mods also include or link to visual overhaul mods for the characters (who are almost exclusively women), in order to make them look more realistic or, in many cases, bustier. As a member of the Skyrim modding scene, I am deeply concerned at the practice of using AI voice cloning to create and distribute non-consensual deepfake pornographic content. With the rise of AI voice cloning, voice actors are being abused by the modding communities.
Of course, while these are fictional characters, they are voiced by actual people–and that’s where the issue lies. Recent mods (of which there are dozens) use voice-cloning tech from companies like ElevenLabs to mimic the voices of existing Skyrim characters to act out scripts written by the modders, making characters like Frea the shaman and Illdi the bard willing participants in a variety of sexual encounters. Advancements in AI technology, however, have expanded what players are capable of importing into their games. Bethesda’s open-world RPG is already infamous for being a playground for erotic content that allows players to pose and dress NPCs as they see fit. Inserting characters, adding voice lines, and changing appearances through modding has been possible since Skyrim’s original release back in 2011. Read More: The Aftermath Of Twitch’s Deepfake Porn Scandal
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