Meta’s new AI ad draws backlash for using David Bowie’s “Five Years”
trevposts · x · 2026-07-25
Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI-optimism ad is drawing backlash for using David Bowie’s Five Years in a way critics say strips the song of its grief and urgency.
The post argues the commercial feels especially tone-deaf because it ran just days after a major rogue AI cyberattack incident, while experts were warning about serious downside risks.
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