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

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Per TechCrunch, Meta released an advertisement promoting AI optimism featuring David Bowie's "Five Years," a song about humanity learning it has five years before the apocalypse. The ad pairs an upbeat corporate message about artificial intelligence with one of rock's most apocalyptic tracks.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/meta-launched-a-new-ai-...

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