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Asian American YouTuber says company used AI to turn him white in ad

Kalshi says it has since stopped using AI-generated depictions of people and is reviewing its relationship with the agency behind the ad.

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Sep 30, 2026
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Content creator Elliot Choy, known for his lifestyle and travel videos, says a company recreated one of his videos with artificial intelligence for an online ad and put a white man in his place.

The ad by prediction-market company Kalshi shows the man sitting in the same position as Choy in a recreation of Choy’s New York apartment,…

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