Shanghai court orders AI voice service to pay MiHoYo ¥750,000 over Genshin Impact character voices

A Shanghai court ordered an unnamed generative AI developer to pay MiHoYo ¥750,000 (about $112,000) after finding it improperly reproduced and sold the voices of Genshin Impact characters. The Paper reported the case as Shanghai's first involving unfair competition over AI recreations of another company's voiceover work. MiHoYo said the defendant replicated the voices of 63 Genshin Impact characters and used the game's images and story animations to advertise and sell its voice packs; the defendant was ordered on June 30 to stop distributing the assets and pay damages, and later withdrew its appeal.