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Tom Hanks is blasting AI once again, warning fans about a particular video of him circulating online. The Oscar-winning actor took to his Instagram to give his fans a heads-up not to trust a video of him linked to a dental plan. Writing, "BEWARE!! There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it."

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00:00 Tom Hanks is blasting AI once again, warning fans about a particular video of him circulating
00:06 online.
00:07 The Oscar-winning actor took to his Instagram on Sunday to give his fans a heads-up not
00:11 to trust a video of him linked to a dental plan.
00:14 "Beware, there's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me.
00:19 I have nothing to do with it."
00:21 The Asteroid City star previously opened up about the use of AI in the entertainment industry
00:25 on the Adam Buxton podcast in May, saying, "We saw that there was going to be this ability
00:30 to take zeros and ones inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character.
00:35 Now that has only grown a billion-fold since then, and we see it everywhere."
00:39 He also discussed how, with the use of AI, a version of him could continue acting indefinitely.
00:44 "I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it, but performances can go on and on and
00:49 on and on.
00:50 Outside the understanding of AI and deepfake, there'll be nothing to tell you that it's
00:54 not me and me alone, and it's going to have some degree of lifelike quality.
00:59 That's certainly an artistic challenge, but it's also a legal one."
01:02 Both the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA took issue with points in their contracts
01:06 about AI, leading to the dual strikes that took place in Hollywood for the majority of
01:11 the summer.
01:12 For more on this story, head to THR.com.
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