The ad, with Hanks' commentary superimposed. Screenshot: Instagram
Tom Hanks, famed actor and filmmaker, isn't getting paid for the "Tom Hanks" you might have run into in an online ad for a dental plan. It's an AI clone, he writes, and "I have nothing to do with it."
"BEWARE!! There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it. -Tom Hanks"
I like the imperative, allcaps BEWARE!!, as if unconvincing AI Tom Hanks might bite if you get too close to it.
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