{"id":571301,"date":"2023-04-22T04:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T01:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-brady-threatens-legal-action-over-a-i-comedy-special\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T04:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T01:43:01","slug":"tom-brady-threatens-legal-action-over-a-i-comedy-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-brady-threatens-legal-action-over-a-i-comedy-special\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Brady Threatens Legal Action Over A.I. Comedy Special!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>The future is here, and it\u2019s\u2026 so, so stupid.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab3e-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t been following tech, art, film, or celeb <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> the past couple years \u2014 well, heck, what are you doing here?? LOLz! But seriously, the subject of A.I. is unavoidable. People are using artificial intelligence programs to generate imitation photos and paintings, write terrible term papers, deep fake celebs, and worse. On the spectrum of A.I. controversies, this one wasn\u2019t even particularly heated \u2014 but <strong>Tom Brady<\/strong> wasn\u2019t having any of it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Gisele B\u00fcndchen Gets Candid About Tough \u2018Trials\u2019 In New Post-Divorce Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>After hearing the strange rumor that the seven-time <strong>Super Bowl<\/strong> winner was going to try is hand at standup comedy, the guys behind the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong> channel\u00a0<strong>Dudesy<\/strong> released a comedy special from \u201cTom Brady\u201d last week. Using an A.I. algorithm, they created an odd, obviously fake-looking version of the QB doing some jokes they wrote for him, such as:<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab43-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnybody on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s right now? I\u2019m recently single and thinking about getting on them, but here\u2019s the problem. I\u2019ve never been on them, I don\u2019t really know what I\u2019m doing. Someone sent me a message on Bumble. She said, \u2018You look just like Tom Brady,\u2019 and I said, \u2018I am Tom Brady,\u2019 she said, \u2018Prove it,\u2019 so I went to her house and let a little air out of all of her footballs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s a pretty silly vid and was titled to reflect it wasn\u2019t real \u2014 it was called <em>It\u2019s Too Easy: A Simulated Hour-Long Comedy Special<\/em>. But it also just looks so bizarre no one could mistake it for the real thing\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Brady threatened to sue comedians behind AI standup video <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jhf3SgFbLn\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jhf3SgFbLn<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENvaVBZ1pb\">pic.twitter.com\/ENvaVBZ1pb<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab47-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1649116713869246465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>But Tom wanted to nip any simulations of himself in the bud! His legal team quickly sent a cease-and-desist letter to the hosts of Dudesy \u2014 author <strong>Chad Kultgen<\/strong> and\u00a0<em>MadTV<\/em> fave\u00a0<strong>Will Sasso<\/strong> \u2014 saying they \u201cused Brady\u2019s name and likeness\u201d to \u201cpromote\u201d their podcast.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab4a-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They were told to take down the video immediately, which they\u2019ve since done. Kultgen and Sasso may not be putting up a legal fight, but they\u2019re definitely arguing the point on their podcast. Speaking about it on Tuesday, they explained how Brady\u2019s lawyers described the special as \u201can hour-long monologue delivered in Mr. Brady\u2019s voice.\u201d Kultgen argued it\u2019s an \u201cA.I. simulation\u201d of his voice and not\u00a0<em>his<\/em> voice. Not sure if this is just splitting hairs, legally speaking.<\/p>\n<p>You can see their full response to the cease-and-desist document (below) starting at about the 8:30 mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The A.I. God Is Born (ep. 54) | Dudesy w\/ Will Sasso &amp; Chad Kultgen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKSsfppMK_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab4e-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Again, this is a pretty harmless version of what people can do \u2014 and are already doing \u2014 with A.I. But we can understand why, when it comes to these kinds of simulations, a public figure might want to crack down before someone tries anything <em>really<\/em> problematic.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, if this is really funny, maybe it\u2019ll hurt Brady\u2019s\u00a0<em>actual<\/em> forthcoming comedy special! LOLz!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>What do YOU think, Perezcious readers? It\u2019s a brave new world we live in, that has such simulated people in it\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6443a2356ab51-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>[Image via Tom Brady\/Instagram\/Dudesy\/YouTube.]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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If you haven\u2019t been following tech, art, film, or celeb news the past couple years \u2014 well, heck, what are you doing here?? LOLz! But seriously, the subject of A.I. is unavoidable. 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