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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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00:00Tom Hanks is blasting AI once again, warning fans about a particular video of him circulating online.
00:07The Oscar-winning actor took to his Instagram on Sunday to give his fans a heads up
00:11not to trust a video of him linked to a dental plan.
00:15Beware, there's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me.
00:19I have nothing to do with it.
00:21The Asteroid City star previously opened up about the use of AI in the entertainment industry
00:25on the Adam Buxton podcast in May, saying,
00:28we saw that there was going to be this ability to take zeros and ones inside a computer
00:33and turn it into a face and a character.
00:35Now that has only grown a billion-fold since then, and we see it everywhere.
00:39He also discussed how with the use of AI, a version of him could continue acting indefinitely.
00:45I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it, but performances can go on and on and on and on.
00:51Outside the understanding of AI and deepfake, there'll be nothing to tell you that it's not me and me alone,
00:56and it's going to have some degree of lifelike quality.
00:59That's certainly an artistic challenge, but it's also a legal one.
01:02Both the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA took issue with points in their contracts about AI,
01:08leading to the dual strikes that took place in Hollywood for the majority of the summer.
01:12For more on this story, head to THR.com.
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