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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

By Amanda SilberlingJuly 23, 2026·Source: TechCrunch·5 views

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David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.

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