Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos
Date: 2026-01-09
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, The Us China Narrative (youtube Channel), Unknown Actors Impersonating Shaun Rein
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1380: Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, The Us China Narrative (youtube Channel), Unknown Actors Impersonating Shaun Rein. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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