Tom Hanks has taken to social media to inform fans that an online advertisement for a dental plan that uses his image is, in fact, fake and was entirely created using . The actor has repeatedly expressed concerns in interviews about the use of similar tools in the film industry.
Tom Hanks warns fans against artificial intelligence. “I have nothing in common with this”
The American actor’s warning appeared last Sunday, October 1, on his official profile on . “ATTENTION!!! There is a video promoting some dental care plan with an AI-generated version of me. I have nothing to do with it,” Tom Hanks warned his nearly 9.6 million followers. In the background of the message there was a generated image of the actor used without his consent by the advertiser.
The British daily “” in its Monday article emphasized that despite his concerns about artificial intelligence, in the past Tom Hanks accepted projects in which his image was also digitally processed using similar tools. In 2004, an animated version of the actor appeared in the film “The Polar Express”, and in last year’s “A Man Named Otto”, the American was aged.
Tom Hanks: I could get hit by a bus tomorrow, my shows will go on and on
In April, Tom Hanks gave . In the conversation, he referred to the topic of artificial intelligence. – We saw it coming. We’ve seen the ability to add 0s and 1s in a computer and turn them into faces and figures. Since then, it has only increased a billion times and we see it everywhere, he emphasized. He also stated that “there are ongoing discussions in all guilds, all agencies and law firms about the legal consequences of using his face and voice,” as well as all other actors’ faces and voices as their intellectual property. – Thanks to artificial intelligence or technology, anyone can now recreate themselves at any age – he noted.
Tomorrow I may get hit by a bus, but (my – ed.) performances can go on and on. And other than knowing it was done with artificial intelligence or deepfakes, nothing will be able to tell you it wasn’t me
– he said. He emphasized that the new ones pose not only an artistic challenge, but also a legal one.
Source: Gazeta
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