Spencer Chen, VP of marketing and business development at Alibaba Group, added the audio from the Blade Runner 2049 trailer to the ad for the new Google Assistant. "I'm scared," he tweeted. "Literally no extra editing involved."
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Guy merges audio from the Blade Runner 2049 trailer to the new Google Assistant ad
I just laid the audio from the Blade Runner 2049 trailer to the new Google Assistant ad.
— Spencer Chen (@spencerchen) May 18, 2017
I'm scared. Literally no extra editing involved š³ pic.twitter.com/5lwUWqxFml
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