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Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently under a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into the Audible subscription without permission. This is possible due to Amazon's [[forced retention of payment methods]] in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."

===~~Encouraging~~ AI use===

===Controversial encouragement of AI use===

As of 2025, Audible is planning to integrate AI Narration and Translation solutions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers |url=https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Audible}}</ref> ~~later in the year starting with a roll-out of select publishers~~, which has been met with criticism by numerous writers, translators and voice-actors<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>.

As of 2025, Audible is planning to integrate AI Narration and Translation solutions later in the year starting with a roll-out of select publishers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers |url=https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Audible}}</ref>, which has been met with criticism by numerous writers, translators and voice-actors<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>.

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 Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently under a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into the Audible subscription without permission. This is possible due to Amazon's [[forced retention of payment methods]] in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."
-===Encouraging AI use===
+===Controversial encouragement of AI use===
-As of 2025, Audible is planning to integrate AI Narration and Translation solutions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers |url=https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Audible}}</ref> later in the year starting with a roll-out of select publishers, which has been met with criticism by numerous writers, translators and voice-actors<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>.
+As of 2025, Audible is planning to integrate AI Narration and Translation solutions later in the year starting with a roll-out of select publishers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers |url=https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Audible}}</ref>, which has been met with criticism by numerous writers, translators and voice-actors<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2025-05-13 |title=Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>.
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