George Clooney on AI: "I'd like to avoid a tampon commercial 20 years after I'm dead"
chrisfirst · x · 2026-09-04
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter how AI affects him personally, George Clooney quipped: "I'd like to avoid being in a tampon commercial 20 years after I'm dead." The author jokes there's no need to wait two decades. The quip highlights real deepfake and posthumous likeness concerns.
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