George Carlin's estate sues over AI-generated standup comedy special

The estate of George Carlin is suing the media company behind a fake, hour-long comedy special whose creators boasted of using artificial intelligence to re-create 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, George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead, in which a synthesis of Carlin delivers commentary on current events. Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin, said in a statement that the work is "a poorly-executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill my father established with his adoring fanbase". The named defendants are Dudesy and podcast hosts Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen. The defendants have not filed a response to the lawsuit and it was not clear whether they have retained an attorney.