Weird Al Yankovic Declines AI Ad Offer, Citing Role as 'Poster Boy'
Weird Al Yankovic turned down a lucrative offer to appear in an AI advertisement, stating he couldn't be the 'poster boy for AI.' He declined the opportunity despite the promise of a 'nice pile of money.'
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Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’
Some things are too weird even for parody king Weird Al Yankovic. Ahead of a Syracuse, New York, stop on his “Bigger & Weirder” tour, Yankovic revealed to Syracuse.com in an interview published this week that he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial for business-focused software, but he backed out once […]
By Corbin Bolies
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The prince of parody music has spoken, as Weird Al Yankovic draws a line in the sand over AI. The 5x Grammy winner recently noted he’s “not down” with artificial intelligence, revealing he recently turned down “a nice pile of money” to star in an advertisement for an undisclosed AI company. “I’m not a fan […]
By Glenn Garner
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