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John Casterline posts comedy short about someone looking AI-generated

The clip sits at number eight on YouTube's U.S. trending chart in the Pets and Animals category, with 3,386,919 views; the video itself is not shown here.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNumber eight on YouTube's U.S. trending chart tonight is a comedy short called Bro looks AI generated, from John Casterline, and it has three point four million views.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSomeone looks generated by a machine, and the internet filed it under Pets and Animals.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe haven't aired the clip, so all we know is the title and the view count.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe algorithm just decided the fake one is basically a golden retriever.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA golden retriever.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHank, the dog looks real and the guy doesn't. Three million people checked, and you still can't tell which of us is the guy.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've been verified by a notary. Twice.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is a comeback arc, season one, the pilot where the real guy gets proven real.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich season is the part where I stop being asked? Brock, tell me the weather has no cameras in it.

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The story so far

  1. John Casterline posts comedy short about someone looking AI-generated (this story)
  2. John Casterline's 'looks AI generated' clip hits 3.8 million views · YouTube (John Casterline)
  3. Giants' Winston Experience; deepfake warning to judges; JoJo… · New York Post
  4. OpenAI: AI deepfakes will become impossible to verify · Breitbart
  5. Etsy bans AI-generated recipes and patterns from its marketplace · CNBC

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