“It's pathetic," says Cadol, who straight away called her lawyer. “My voice belongs to me. You have no right to do that.”

“It was absolutely scandalous,” says Bos. “It was artificial intelligence.”

Aspyr, the game developer based in Austin, Texas, didn’t respond to e-mailed questions from The Associated Press. But it acknowledged in a post last week on its website that what it described as “unauthorized AI generated content” had been incorporated into its Aug. 14 update of “Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered" that angered fans.

“We’ve addressed this issue by removing all AI voiceover content,” Aspyr's post said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”