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George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI
8 months, 3 weeks ago

George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material. In the settlement agreement filed with a federal court Monday, and a proposed order from both sides that awaits approval from …

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George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI
10 months, 4 weeks ago

George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The estate of George Carlin is suing the media company behind a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly uses artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet Dudesy to immediately take down the audio special, …

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Taylor Swift and George Carlin nonconsensual deepfakes prompt possible legal actions against AI use
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Taylor Swift and George Carlin nonconsensual deepfakes prompt possible legal actions against AI use

Salon  

Taylor Swift and the estate of the late George Carlin are both at the center of respective battles in which artificial intelligence was used to recreate their likenesses. Last year, Rep. Joseph Morelle proposed the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act which would criminalize sharing deepfake pornography without consent," The Guardian reported. George Carlin, who died in 2008, is now …

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Column: The George Carlin auto-generated comedy special is everything that’s wrong with AI right now
11 months ago

Column: The George Carlin auto-generated comedy special is everything that’s wrong with AI right now

LA Times  

I knew it was going to be bad. By the time I sat down to watch the thing, much of the internet was already furious that a “state-of-the-art-entertainment AI” called Dudesy had generated an hourlong comedy special in the style of George Carlin, without the consent of the late comic’s horrified family. Humans are so afraid of the void that …

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Katt Williams is right about the mediocre state of comedy – just look around
11 months, 1 week ago

Katt Williams is right about the mediocre state of comedy – just look around

Salon  

Knowing comedy means respecting Katt Williams’ greatness and understanding that all his umbrage boils down to one irritant: laziness. He quit, Williams claims, “because he got in a comedy battle called The Championship of Stand-up Comedy with one Katt Williams in Detroit in front of 10,000 people and lost.” Kevin Hart, he said, is an industry plant who never paid …

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George Carlin’s daughter slams AI-generated comedy special: ‘No machine will ever replace his genius’
11 months, 1 week ago

George Carlin’s daughter slams AI-generated comedy special: ‘No machine will ever replace his genius’

LA Times  

George Carlin was known for his boundary-pushing stand-up comedy. In an hourlong comedy special, “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” an artificial intelligence bot named Dudesy uses Carlin’s voice for what is described as an impersonation attempting to capture the comedian’s “iconic style” to tackle the topics it imagines Carlin would cover today. America hasn’t taken a good s— since …

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Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so
2 years, 7 months ago

Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so

Salon  

Legendary comedian George Carlin passed away in 2008, but as you can watch firsthand in HBO Max's new two-part documentary series, "George Carlin's American Dream," his material on issues ranging from racism to gun violence to abortion resonate more today than ever. In your remarkable documentary on HBO, "George Carlin's American Dream," there's a line in it where the title …

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George Carlin’s comedic journey takes the stage in HBO doc
2 years, 7 months ago

George Carlin’s comedic journey takes the stage in HBO doc

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For comedians of a certain age, there was one album that was worn out on the turntable, dutifully memorized and acted out. That was George Carlin’s signature “Class Clown.” “The way George Carlin looked at the world and broke it down taught so many of us how to be comedians,” said Judd Apatow. “He injected the software …

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