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Martin Luther King Jr was Deepfaked - Are You Next?
The Actor’s Guide to the End of the World
42 minutes
1 week ago
Martin Luther King Jr was Deepfaked - Are You Next?
Welcome to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 54! This week E-Kan and Rían discuss the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Open AI controversy and the scramble to remove inappropriate Martin Luther King, Jr. Deep Fake videos. Also Hollywood’s elite agencies like CAA and UTA have made statements calling out Open AI, opting their clients out. The guys will break down what you need to know to protect yourself, what states have AI protections, and why CAA already has a vault of digital replicas of its clients.
E-Kan also brings up an interesting study about how seeing unauthorized likenesses of yourself can feel like actual physical pain.
But don’t worry, it’s not all doom and gloom - they dive into their creative inspirations and favorite musicians, Mac Miller, David Bowie, and the shocking revelation that E-Kan knows nothing about the Beatles. And you’ll hear his crazy hot take on the piano vs the guitar.
A timely blend of AI anxiety and personal revelation you didn’t know you needed.
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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/caa-openai-sora-2-harmful-intellectual-property-1236543954/
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/caa-vault-talent-ai-clones-veritone-1236001187/
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/friendships-social-media-posting-consent-viral-law-b2798907.html
Hidden Gems:
Line Learner App
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant https://www.navalmanack.com/
Time Stamps:
(0:00) Intro
(1:48) The first time E-Kan was on stage
(5:35) Sora 2 has a Martin Luther King Jr problem
(09:00) The states that have AI protections
(12:00) Tilly Norwood creator has 40 more AI Synthetics to be released
(13:05) How do you protect yourself if you're deep faked
(14:50) Technology is everything that doesn't work yet
(19:00) Who's older - The Beatles or Abba?
(22:55) E-Kan's hot take on the piano vs the guitar
(25:00) E-Kan's limited music tastes and obsession over Mac Miller
(32:50) How Labyrinth and David Bowie blew Rían's mind
(37:10) A surprising study when you see unauthorized photos of yourself
(39:30) Hidden Gems
