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clone

[klohn] / kloʊn /
NOUN
exact duplicate
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STRONG


VERB
copy exactly
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A high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Her title on the platform: “Contract Recruiter” at “Confidential Jobs,” based in Smyrna, Ga. He found her clone, “Linda Anthony,” a “Contract Specialist” also at “Confidential Jobs”—this time in California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

She soon hired a house manager who would do anything that she herself would do if she had a clone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

In that person's blood sample, a single clone made up 53.8% of all CD4 CTLs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

So much had happened: the disastrous party, the sinister hospital, MacGregor’s clone.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

At the same time, these clones exhibited reduced activity of the PD1 gene.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Regulations on AI companion bots took effect in July, aiming to curb emotional dependency and banning the creation of digital clones of real people without their consent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Voice clones are created by training AI on recordings of real people.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Much of the audience looks like clones of the star rapper, dressed in extremely oversized white tees, baggy denim, thick gold chains, tilted snapbacks and white-framed sunglasses with words written across the lenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Keisha, Albert, and I are hanging out on the playground when Shay and a few of her clones come over.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

How cloned and ghost number plates are leaving innocent motorists facing fines, debt collection threats and years of stress.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Both cloned and ghost plates look like normal vehicle registration plates when viewed by the naked eye.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

But what’s happened since is so shocking that you’d be forgiven for wondering if Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski had been cloned in a lab at MIT.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

That could produce difficulties for the cloned animals and for modern life, including the possible revival of prehistoric pathogens for which humankind has no defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

I started saying it was just Henrietta’s cells scientists had cloned, not Henrietta herself.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

AI-generated images like this, as well as voice cloning and deepfake videos are increasingly being used to trick people out of their money, according to National Trading Standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"Our industry can be crushed" if a court win for TikTok triggers "unbridled" AI voice cloning on social media, actor Bin Shimada told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

This had been accomplished with time travel and cloning technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Still, a fissure remains between those actors who stay morally opposed to cloning, and those who embrace this new reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

After hearing a researcher talk about cloning, Deborah asked Sharrer whether it was possible to take DNA from HeLa cells and put it into one of Deborah’s eggs to bring her mother back to life.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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