--- title: ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again. description: Patrick Darling, a 32-year-old musician diagnosed with ALS, lost his ability to sing and speak. Using ElevenLabs' AI voice cloning technology, he recreated his... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again. | daily.dev og:description: Patrick Darling, a 32-year-old musician diagnosed with ALS, lost his ability to sing and speak. Using ElevenLabs' AI voice cloning technology, he recreated his... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gsIXnZ92F.png og:image:alt: ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again. **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Patrick Darling, a 32-year-old musician diagnosed with ALS, lost his ability to sing and speak. Using ElevenLabs' AI voice cloning technology, he recreated his voice from old recordings and composed new music using their AI music generator. After two years away from performing, he returned to the stage with his former bandmates to perform a song using his AI-generated voice. ElevenLabs offers free licenses through an impact program for people who have lost their voices to diseases like ALS, enabling them to communicate and create again. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Download: unraveling a death threat mystery, and AI voice recreation for musicians](https://daily.dev/posts/the-download-unraveling-a-death-threat-mystery-and-ai-voice-recreation-for-musicians-luwvpszxf) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [ElevenLabs partners with Stan Lee Universe for AI voice](https://daily.dev/posts/elevenlabs-partners-with-stan-lee-universe-for-ai-voice-i9ocyolzg) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Football commentator permits EA to use an AI version of his voice for EA Sports FC](https://daily.dev/posts/football-commentator-permits-ea-to-use-an-ai-version-of-his-voice-for-ea-sports-fc-2hzt3xols) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#healthcare](https://daily.dev/tags/healthcare), [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility), [#voice-cloning](https://daily.dev/tags/voice-cloning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f"},"datePublished":"2026-02-13T17:51:25.852Z","dateModified":"2026-02-15T11:41:30.078Z","description":"Patrick Darling, a 32-year-old musician diagnosed with ALS, lost his ability to sing and speak. Using ElevenLabs' AI voice cloning technology, he recreated his...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/68d1d0ba5b590a10a5fd5cf803a23f86?_a=AQAEunF","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/68d1d0ba5b590a10a5fd5cf803a23f86?_a=AQAEunF","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT Technology Review","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT Technology Review","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8d03889722f4f22b3986e0b395ff076","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/als-stole-this-musician-s-voice-ai-let-him-sing-again--gsixnz92f","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,healthcare,accessibility,voice-cloning","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT Technology Review","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again."}]} ```