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Global News AI · WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026

AI Accent Masking in Overseas Call Centres Prompted Canadian Union Grievances

The software alters a worker's voice in real time without changing the script, the wage, or the jurisdiction. Callers reported the accents as more reassuring. The workers were not asked. Adequate has read the small print. The small print was also small print.
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