Top 5 Stars Who Have Spoken Out Against AI
As AI-generated art and deepfake videos flood the internet, celebrities are drawing a line. Here are five of the biggest voices speaking out against AI’s dark side.
Top 5 Stars Who Have Spoken Out Against AI
As AI-generated art and deepfake videos flood the internet, celebrities are drawing a line. Here are five of the biggest voices speaking out against AI’s dark side.
5. Zelda Williams — Protecting Her Father’s Legacy
The daughter of late comedy legend Robin Williams took to Instagram to condemn AI recreations of her father’s voice and likeness, calling them “disturbing” and “inhuman.”
She wrote: “These recreations are not the people they pretend to be. They are a horrific Frankensteinian mockery of their humanity.”
Her plea — widely covered by Variety and BBC News — reignited the debate over AI ethics, particularly in reanimating deceased performers without consent.
4. Keanu Reeves — “Performers Should Have Control”
The Matrix star has long been skeptical of digital manipulation. In an interview with Wired, Reeves revealed that he now forbids studios from digitally altering his performances, citing growing fears about AI replacing authentic work.
He said: “What’s frustrating about this is you lose your agency,” “When you give a performance, it’s yours. To have it distorted without your consent — it’s terrifying.”
3. Scarlett Johansson — “They Used My Voice Without Permission”
Johansson publicly slammed OpenAI after it unveiled an AI assistant that users said sounded eerily like her voice from Her. The actor told The Guardian: “When I heard the voice, I was shocked. It was so eerily similar that my friends and family could not tell the difference.”
She said she had declined an offer to license her voice to the company — only to hear a near-duplicate later — calling the incident “deeply unsettling.”
2. Tom Hanks — “It’s Out There, and It Ain’t Me”
The Oscar-winning actor warned fans on Instagram that an AI-generated version of him had appeared in a dental ad without his consent.
Hanks wrote: “Beware! There’s a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I had nothing to do with it.”
He later told BBC that the rise of digital replicas means, “Anyone can now recreate you at any age — forever.”
1. Simon Pegg — “AI Can’t Replace the Human Spark”
The Mission: Impossible and Shaun of the Dead star has been outspoken about AI’s threat to creativity. Speaking to Sky News, he warned that studios are already using AI tools to imitate actors and writers.
He said: “AI doesn’t understand pain, joy, or loss,” “It can replicate words, but it can’t replicate truth. That’s what we do — that’s what artists do.”
