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George Carlin AI

LOS ANGELES — A YouTube video using the AI-generated likeness of George Carlin violates the late legendary comedian's copyright, Carlin's estate said in a lawsuit. The Youtubers fed Carlin's sets into an AI machine that used his voice and scripts for a fake comedy special the estate says is a "bastardization" of Carlin's real work.

Read the complaint here.

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