Stan Lee Universe licenses late creator's voice and likeness to AI firm
Stan Lee Universe struck a licensing deal with ElevenLabs to authorize the late Marvel writer Stan Lee's voice and likeness for commercial AI use, adding him to ElevenLabs' Iconic Marketplace and clearing uses such as audiobooks. Stan Lee died in 2018, and the agreement allows companies to reproduce his voice and digital likeness in new audio and visual AI products for paid projects. The move follows documented elder abuse in Lee's final years and raises legal and ethical questions about consent, legacy and the commercialization of deceased creators. It matters because the pact sets a commercial precedent for posthumous AI recreations and could expand the market for synthetic celebrity performances across media.
Congratulations Stan Lee you would have either hated this or been the single most enthusiastic person in the world about having this happen
Brendel197I’m trapped in between worlds Mighty Marvelites! I have no mouth and yet I must scream! Can that zany wall-crawler get me out of THIS existential predicament? Excelsior!
David Kane, Doot Nuggler18Money and attention for Stan and Stan doesn't have to do any actual work? Yeah, he'd absolutely hate that.
🍝pastapilled🍝8artificial intelligence is a super power that everyone can have, even YOU *winks
Plover Oatt7Even god could not know what stan lee really thought about anything
Corey Rayburn Yung3I think Stan Lee would have loved this, much like Val Kilmer.
Ozmodiar, Space Elf2So our decendents are going to be able to just sell of our voice and likeness like ghouls?
Stan Lee's voice and likeness has been sold off to be recreated by AI for ElevenLabs "You know what they never tell you about legends?... They outlive the page" — AI Stan Lee
Saturn🪐- OCPosting Era78This is so fucking bleak dude
Vongo1 ✂️💔64You can't even die without heavy exploitation. This poor guy
BriceWithAnI33Stan Lee did not consent an agreement to this, let alone die to this. Who signed off on using his voice for AI?!
JCDenton20527I hope this abhorrent company gets sued to the fucking ground for this
Culture Crave 🍿16Deal was made with Stan Lee Universe — a joint venture between Genius Brands International and POW! Entertainment
Savage Shark going to AC26🦈13Who had the authority to sell off his voice and likeness, his family? I would assume that is teh case, right?
Goldie_Gun9Ah more souls for the soulkiller
☆ DOLLY ☭ DARKO ☆9in a just world everyone involved in this monstrosity would be hanged from the neck until dead
Kira Leigh 🏳️⚧️8thanks, i hate it from the depths of my soul
TheGalWithAPlan7I feel so bad for Stan Lee. He did not deserve to have his corpse strung and forced to dance like marionette for profit.
Ash 🧝🏽♀️6How was he sold off? Who sold him?… This man left this world for years now.
Mikey / DarthNeon0701 (anti-AI)5Stan Lee himself would NEVER have approved of this.
Marc5Elder abuse even after death
=-_. Southpaw ._-=4Absolutely disgusting, and beyond disrespectful.
ethansoniclbpfan.bsky.social4Fuck marvel and stan's family for agreeing to this! 🤬
Mr Socko3Everyone involved in this story should die
Dewey💧Decibel3NO one asked for this shit and it’s probably initiated by the scammers who bilked Stan at the end of his life
Tre' Sheppard3Please, no. Don't impersonate Stane Lee. Because that's not right.
Bocc Kob3Definitely not buying anything from any company using this thing.
petewhi.bsky.social2That’s disgusting. Don’t support this company by any means. Foul.
The Woolly Viking2This is so fucking dystopian
Stan Lee is returning through AI 🤖📚 ElevenLabs (@elevenlabs.io) and Stan Lee Universe have announced a new partnership bringing Lee’s voice, likeness, and creative style to AI voice tools, image generation, and music features. Details:
Warframe Herzog50To be fair, crass exploitation for money is a great way to honor his legacy
Andrew 🐻16Oh good, I can block @elevenlabs.io thanks for the tip. I hate evil necromancers. Sometimes you just have to accept that things die and move on.
KevandreCactus🌵15Man, I don't like it But I do think Stan would
Krista Koeller13God will we all have to put “no ai” statements in our wills?
RM11necromancing someone specifically to puppet their corpse for commercials is morally/ethically reprehensible. So this bad but also... a fitting memorial for Stan Lee.
Michael C. Maronna9Was it trained on the work of other artists that Stan took credit for?
JTDC7Let the dead stay dead.
Kaze5This is disgusting. Almost as disgusting as the people saying Stan would want this & do it to Kirby. Yes, he probably would have experimented with AI but he would have shut it down at first backlash. Also, judge Stan for who he was at the end of his life, not the start.
Jobian Day4This is the literally the most perfect figurehead for an industry that steals every form of art and culture that we have. Zombie Ai Stan Lee!
Hate Wanks: Attorney at Law at TFN20264Everyone involved in this should be blood eagled
sumokirby (Chris)3Leave the dead man alone, jeez
Laminariales3Stan Lee is not returning. Horrible and uncreative people who can't think of anything new are making an animated version of Stan Lee to cash in on the fact that people recognize the brand.
Samuel L. Bronkowitz3Even in death, this man’s ego is insatiable
Kaze3Hey remember how after Stan's wife died his hospice care team drew his blood and used it to sign his signature on comics? Can't imagine why I'm thinking of that right now.
chomiakofficial.bsky.social2@elevenlabs.io: No, listen, everyone, it’ll be great. Right, Stan? “A.i.” Stan: Excelspreadsheet! elevenlabs: See?
Smeagol2Just what the masses have been clamoring for.
The bird says, "Prosecute ICE"2Fucking gross. It's not bad enough they abused him while he was alive, now they have to desecrate his memory with this homunculus.
𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚞 𓅃2will AI stan lee steal the work of other AI comic book writers & artists?
Transtrender Chris Farley2everyone involved should be put into the woodchipper.
