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Unknown actors impersonating Shaun Rein

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 13801 Report
Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

2026-01-09

Author Shaun Rein reported that seven YouTube "podcast" videos on the YouTube channel "The US-China Narrative" used an allegedly AI-cloned version of his voice to narrate material taken from his 2024 book The Split, without his or his publisher's permission. The videos reportedly drew 200,000+ streams in a week.

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The US-China Narrative (YouTube channel)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Shaun Rein

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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John Murray Press

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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YouTube

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1380
    1 Report

    Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos

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