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Zelda Williams condemns Robin deepfakes

Zelda Williams urged followers on Instagram to stop sending AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, calling them "terrible TikTok junk" and criticizing use of his likeness.

by Lyn Robinson

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Lyn Robinson

@lynrobinson.bsky.social

Individual artists and studios should be able to have a blanket opt-out. The onus to prevent/remove deepfakes should be with OpenAI, not artists and original creators.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’ Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, has spoken out against AI-generated content featuring her father. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” Zelda wrote in an Instagram story on Monday. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want. Continue reading...

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Michael D. Green

@michaeldgreen.com

My TikTok feed is full of videos of AI-generated MLK Jr. and Michael Jackson doing a bunch of outrageous stuff (and it looks super realistic).

Delete Facebook off your parents’ phones TODAY. Report their account to get it banned if necessary

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Chris Schilling

@schillingc.bsky.social

As an eternal optimist, I'm hoping that Zelda Williams' (rightly) excoriating takedown of AI registers more widely. Likening it to The Human Centipede is a really effective way to evoke disgust

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