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Speaker 1: Before we hit the top of the hour, because we

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do talk on the show a lot about AI and

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concerns people have about AI and eye. Yeah, this is

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trying to click this link here. This is something that

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you brought to my attention. Yeah, this is from BuzzFeed.

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Don't be swindled. Here's why Tom Hanks issued a public

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service announcement about some AI ads. It says Tom Hanks. Yeah, yeah,

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he says. Tom Hanks has issued a strong statement against

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medical ads made with AI that fraudulently uses his name, likeness,

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and voice. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the actor

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made what he called the public service announcement and captioned

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the statement extra extra read all about it. There are

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multiple ads over the internet falsely using my name, likeness,

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and voice promoting Miracle cure and Wonder drugs, he wrote.

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While Hanks didn't specify which specific medical ads he was opposing,

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he clarified, quote, these ads have been created without my consent,

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fraudulently and through AI. I have nothing to do with

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these posts, or the products and treatments, or the spokespeople

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touting these cures unquote. Hanks revealed in twenty thirteen that

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he has type two diabetes and noted in his Instagram

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posts that he only works with board certified doctors regarding

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his treatment. He handed his statement with three directives, don't

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be fooled, don't be swindled, and don't lose your hard

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earned money.

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Speaker 2: And this is again what we've been talking about a

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lot recently, is about people controlling their own images and likenesses. Yeah,

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you know, and as AI becomes more and more prevalent,

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is going to be more and more of these type

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of situations where you really get to be careful.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it looks like them, it sounds like them,

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but it's not them, right, and that's scary. Yeah, but

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you know what, you really shouldn't be taking medical advice

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from any ad. I In my perfect world, medical ads

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don't exist because they are not helpful. They try to

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they convince people they need stuff they don't need, or

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they need things that cost more money than they don't

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really need. Like, there's no good reason for this. Your

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doctor can tell you what you need. You don't need

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an ad on TV trying to force feed you you

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must take this pill. Your life will be better if

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you just take this pill, right, you know, at the

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magic pill the snake oil salesman has always existed and

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will always exist in our society. Is just now they're

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coming in the form of AI, which makes it even

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scarier because you can't tell the difference.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, although when it comes to voices, it seems to

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me that, I mean, you could do that anyway, you like.

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You don't need AI to replicate someone's voice. You just

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need someone who can do a good impression.

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Speaker 2: Right, But this isn't that. This is them replicating his likeness,

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his image.

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Speaker 1: Right right, Well, yeah, his image.

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Speaker 2: It looks like he's saying these things and he's endorsing

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them and saying, Look, Tom Anks says this pill is

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great for you, so I'll take it too, because you know,

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he's a great guy. He's so wholesome and nice, and

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we love Tom Hanks, so we must trust Tom Hanks.

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And so if you don't want to feel that way,

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then listen to heat his words, because he's telling you

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it's not him. He didn't give him permission. And these

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companies shouldn't be able to do that, but they're getting

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away with it because we don't have strong enough laws

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to control AI, to protect artists and entertainers, so they

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can control their images and how they're seen and what's

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coming out of their mouths, because they can make you

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say anything, right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I felt from the beginning when I, uh, the

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first time I ever saw Tom Hanks and in that

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TV show Bosom Buddies, I thought, I trust this man,

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Peter Sculleri not so much terrible. Remember that show bos

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and Buddies.

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Speaker 2: I do. I loved that show.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I love.

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Speaker 2: But you know, when I think of Tom Hanks, I

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always think about Bubba Gums Shrimp. Now. Oh yes, I

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got to go to a bubble Gum shrimp restaurant in

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Minnesota and they had like a like that. They had

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his suit, white suit with the suitcase, and had all

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kinds and of course they were running the movie but

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they had all kinds of memorabilia and stuff there, and

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I of course got the jenny, which was shrimp and salmon. Yes,

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but no, I mean yeah, I mean he's he's a

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great People look at Tom Hanks and they see a

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trusted person. So when you think you seeing him telling

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you this is a great pill, I take it you

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should too. It's easy to fall prey to that.

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Speaker 1: Oh of course, yeah, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: But as technology continues to grow. We need to grow

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laws to protect artists.

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Speaker 1: What would be the worst is if you start seeing

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this kind of thing with somebody like Morgan Freeman, because

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isn't he I mean, would you say, Morgan Freeman one

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of the most trusted voices to a point, you know, but.

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Speaker 2: If he doesn't say certain words, I don't know that

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anybody believed that it was him, and you can't say

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those words.

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Speaker 1: So Morgan Freeman.

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Speaker 2: Oh wait, wrong, wrong guy, I mixed.

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Speaker 1: You're thinking of Samuel L. Jackson.

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Speaker 2: I was, yes, yes, I had him in my head

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for some reason.

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Speaker 1: He's not always a potty mouth. I see him in

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commercials where he keeps it cleaned. But uh no, Morgan Freeman.

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Though everyone everyone trusts Morgan Freeman, how can you not