It is with no pleasure that we inform you of the latest ghoulish artificial intelligence endeavor, an app that makes dead celebrities read stuff to you. Eleven Labs, a company that specializes in using A.I. for text-to-speech purposes, has entered into partnerships with the estates of a number of high-profile deceased stars: Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds, and Laurence Olivier.
“It’s exciting to see our mother’s voice available to the countless millions of people who love her,” Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli, said in a statement as the representative of her mother’s estate. “Through the spectacular new technology offered by ElevenLabs, our family believes that this will bring new fans to Mama, and be exciting to those who already cherish the unparalleled legacy that Mama gave and continues to give to the world.