Short answers, pulled from the story.
Voice acting is the art of performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice alone. Performers in this field often carry titles like voice actors or voice actresses alongside other professional names.
The mind the gap announcement was introduced on the London Underground in 1969. It remains currently voiced by Emma Clarke as of the time of writing.
The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike included negotiations between the union and Hollywood studios about the regulation of AI. Discussions with video game studios covered new terms that would protect voice actors who specialize in that field.
Japan hosts approximately 130 voice acting schools and troupes of voice actors who usually work for a specific broadcast company or talent agency. Many Japanese voice actors frequently branch into music often singing the opening or closing themes of shows in which they star.
In October 2023 an audio deepfake of Labour leader Keir Starmer was released during the start of the British Labour Party's conference in Liverpool. That same month an audio deepfake of Slovak politician Michal Šimečka falsely claimed to capture him discussing ways to rig the upcoming election.