Michaela
Actress and filmmaker Zelda Williams, daughter of the late Robin Williams, has urged the public to stop sharing AI videos of her father, voicing concern over the use of artificial intelligence to mimic his likeness.
Key points:
- Zelda Williams has urged the public to stop sharing AI-generated videos of her late father, calling the recreations disrespectful and “not what he’d want.”
- Her statement comes amid a growing wave of AI-generated content that reanimates deceased individuals, following the release of OpenAI’s Sora 2 video model.
- Hollywood and SAG-AFTRA continue to push back against AI-generated performers like Tilly Norwood, warning that such creations exploit real artists and threaten creative integrity.
“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. 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,” Zelda Williams reportedly posted on her Instagram stories. “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,” she added.
Zelda Williams’ statement comes at a time when social media is seeing a surge in AI-generated content that reanimates images and videos of deceased individuals. The trend has rapidly gained traction, with many users sharing digital recreations of late family members and celebrities across platforms.
OpenAI recently launched its new video generation model and social platform, Sora 2, which allows users to create highly realistic AI-generated videos of themselves, friends, or select fictional characters. While the system restricts users from generating videos of living individuals without consent, it imposes far fewer limitations on recreating images of deceased people, leaving most digital likenesses of the dead largely unrestricted.
This isn’t the first time Zelda Williams has condemned the use of artificial intelligence to recreate her father’s image and voice. In 2023, she publicly backed SAG-AFTRA’s campaign against AI misuse, describing digital imitations of Robin Williams as “personally disturbing” and warning of the broader ethical risks posed by such technology.
“To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to ‘this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough’, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening,” Zelda Williams wrote in her recent Instagram story.
Furthermore, Zelda William’s comments on AI videos align with growing concern among Hollywood actors about the rise of synthetic performers such as AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood. Many in the industry warn that such technology threatens to devalue human artistry and creative labor.
Earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA denounced the creation of Norwood, clarifying that it does not recognize her as an actor. The union criticized reports that talent agencies were seeking to represent the AI performer and condemned the technology for being trained on the work of real artists without consent or compensation.
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