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George Carlin Estate Settles Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Comedy Special

variety.com George Carlin Estate Settles Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Comedy Special

George Carlin's estate has settled a lawsuit over a comedy special featuring an AI-generated impersonation, which will be deleted by the creators.

George Carlin Estate Settles Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Comedy Special

George Carlin‘s estate has settled a lawsuit over an AI-generated imitation of the late comedian, with the creators agreeing to remove it from their YouTube channel and podcast feed.

In January, the Dudesy podcast released “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” which purported to be an hour-long special created by artificial intelligence. Carlin died in 2008, but the special featured a sound-alike voice doing Carlin-esque material on contemporary topics like trans rights and defunding the police.

The estate sued, alleging that the special violated the estate’s copyrights and its publicity right to Carlin’s name, image and likeness.

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