When Yoda’s toking and Shrek’s pole dancing, you know AI’s gone off-script. We unpack the copyright firestorm surrounding Midjourney, explore YouTube’s looming ‘AI slop’ wave, and ask if Disney’s lightsabers can slice through fair use. Plus: Bernie wants your weekends back – can the bots buy you a 3-day nap?

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Midjourney (AI image & video generation)

HeyGen (AI video lip-syncing)

Moises (AI music and vocal separation)

Fadr (music stem separation and remixing)

MVSEP (free music/vocal separator)

Topaz Video AI (video upscaling software)

Runway (AI video and image generation)

Pika (AI video creation)

Hedra (AI animation tool)

Google Veo (AI video generation)

11 Labs (AI voice synthesis)

Cluley (real-time AI assistant)

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