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AZJonnie

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1. Feel like about 75% of ads that play before videos on YT are very obviously AI

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:16 PM

Jun 21

As if the ads aren't annoying enough to begin with, they're not even real people or voices

I ain't buying anything advertised in this way, esp. if it's using fake people in their ads.

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Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media (The Guardian, 6/21/26) [View all] highplainsdem Jun 21 OP

Feel like about 75% of ads that play before videos on YT are very obviously AI AZJonnie Jun 21 #1

Definitely seems like fraud. Redleg Jun 21 #2

I wish we'd pass laws that snot Jun 21 #3

I boycott any brand whose advertising... mike_c Jun 21 #4

Don't mind influencers being turned out of their GenThePerservering Jun 21 #5