Deepfake case study · Audio
Gayanne Potter deepfake (Aug 2025)
ScotRail used an AI voice named 'Iona' trained on recordings of Gayanne Potter's voice without her consent. Potter says she was surprised to hear a "dreadful" robotic version of herself. The AI voice was used to make…
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- Gayanne Potter
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
ScotRail used an AI voice named 'Iona' trained on recordings of Gayanne Potter's voice without her consent. Potter says she was surprised to hear a "dreadful" robotic version of herself. The AI voice was used to make announcements on trains, replacing pre-recorded human announcements. Potter believed her voice recordings would be used for accessibility and e-learning software rather than for commercial purposes.