Australian Online Retailer CEO Uses AI Voice to Present Results

When Kogan.com Ltd. founder and Chief Executive Officer Ruslan Kogan presented the online retailer’s results at its briefing on Monday, he decided to use an AI-generated version of his voice.

“While it may have sounded as good as David and I do, it was not us,” Kogan said on the earnings call, referring to Chief Financial Officer David Shafer. Using AI-generated voices for delivering the presentation meant the two executives could spend that half-hour working on something else, he said.

Still, both opted to use their AI voices only for the prepared portion of their remarks — about a ...