Overview
- WSOP removed the first six episodes from its YouTube channel and issued an apology, pledging to re-edit and re-publish the series to meet its standards.
- Creator Dustin Iannotti acknowledged using AI in two brief sequences in Episodes 5 and 6, totaling about 10 seconds, to synthesize statements attributed to Alan Keating.
- Keating publicly accused the production of putting words in his mouth, prompting Iannotti to admit the edits and apologize for not consulting him.
- Iannotti told PokerOrg the AI lines began as temporary placeholders intended for Keating to re-record, but they were mistakenly left in the final cut, and he said no other AI quotes made it to release.
- Players and public figures, including Jennifer Tilly and Daniel Strelitz, criticized the practice, while the eight-part, GGPoker-funded project now awaits an unspecified re-release timeline.