Use of AI Acknowledgement

We edit and sometimes translate episodes using Riverside and ElevenLabs, the same AI tools you may have heard of if you've looked into podcast production. Riverside's AI Translation can take a recording and generate a version in another language using a voice model built from the original speaker's tone and cadence. ElevenLabs powers similar voice work on our end, including cleanup and correction on audio that didn't come through clean. Neither tool runs on your voice without us telling you first.

Most episodes need none of this. They go out the way they were recorded. AI dubbing or voice correction only comes into play when there's an actual reason for it, usually a language gap with part of our audience or a technical problem in the original audio that can't be fixed any other way. When that's the case, we'll say so before you record, not after the fact.

Consent for this only works if it's informed, explicit, and specific, which is the same standard ElevenLabs holds its own users to before anyone can clone a voice. Informed means you know exactly what could be generated from your voice and why. Explicit means you've said yes, not that we assumed yes because you didn't object. Specific means that yes covers this episode and this use, nothing else. Agreeing to AI translation for one interview doesn't carry over to a different episode or a different purpose down the line.

That also sets the boundary on what we won't do. We won't use your voice, a translated version of it, or any AI-generated output built from your interview for anything outside the episode you agreed to. No ads, no promotional clips repurposing your voice, no building a standing voice model to draw from later. If a use ever falls outside what's described here, we come back and ask, before we touch anything.

Every AI-generated file we produce stays traceable back to the account and episode that created it. Nothing gets published without someone here reviewing it against the original recording first.

I acknowledge that I have read and understood The Change Agent Podcast's AI Use in Dubbing and Voice Translation policy above. I understand and agree that The Change Agent Podcast, its owners, employees, and contractors (collectively, "the Podcast") may use artificial intelligence tools, including Riverside's AI Translation and ElevenLabs' voice technology, to edit, correct, translate, or otherwise modify my recorded voice and likeness in audio and video content from my appearance, for the purposes disclosed in the policy above.

I grant the Podcast a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit, translate, and publicly distribute this content, including any AI-modified versions, across podcast platforms, video platforms, social media, and the Podcast's own website and related properties.

I release and forever discharge the Podcast, its owners, employees, contractors, and affiliates from any claims, demands, damages, or liabilities arising from the use of AI tools on my voice or likeness as described above, except where that use falls outside what was disclosed to me in advance. I agree to indemnify and hold the Podcast harmless from third-party claims arising from statements I make or content I provide during my appearance, to the extent permitted by law.

This consent applies to this episode and the specific AI use disclosed to me in advance. It does not extend to any future or unrelated use of my voice, likeness, or AI-generated content derived from it.