Sydney Sweeney – and social media – has reacted to Samsung unveiling an AI-generated portrait based on her image at a live event – watch Sweeney’s awkward reaction below.
On Wednesday (July 10), Sweeney attended Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris. During the event, which was streamed online, the camera panned to Sweeney as the company unveiled a 3D image – assisted by AI – that was generated from one Sweeney’s photos.
Sweeney was then asked for her thoughts on the generated image in real time, and social media has caught on to her awkward and uncomfortable response. “Aw, I love it. It’s amazing you can take an image like this,” she chuckles, though the lingering camera reveals a look of discomfort on the actor’s face.
Sydney Sweeney’s reaction to Samsung showcasing an AI-generated 3D image based on her own portrait.
“It’s amazing you can take an image like this” pic.twitter.com/jlLwKKzBT2
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 10, 2024
Social media soon began reacting to the clip, with some users on X taking note of her “forced” reaction. “She’s trying to hold it together but her face says everything we need to know,” one user wrote, while another added: “She let out the most contractually forced ‘oh yeah, I love it'”.
See more reactions to Sweeney’s awkward response below.
She’s trying to hold it together
but her face says everything we need to know pic.twitter.com/O5lIPw56ou
— Mason (@Maxpain144) July 10, 2024
she got weirded tf out cause she knows the implications
— IC3BOY (@exsdys) July 10, 2024
she didn’t like that
— Journey Through Time (@JrnyThroughTime) July 10, 2024
You can tell Sydney Sweeney signed bunch of dumb sponsor contracts when she was less famous so now she’s stuck pretending AI is super cool.
— ege (@egeofanatolia) July 11, 2024
LMAO I'm watching Samsung's Unpacked livestream and they asked Sidney Sweeney who was in the audience if this awful AI generated image of her was good and she let the most contractually forced "Oh yeah, I love it "#GalaxyUnpacked pic.twitter.com/C4BTh4zhDe
— mesos (@mes0s_) July 10, 2024
"when Sydney Sweeney said she loved her AI portrait and called the tech amazing she ACTUALLY meant she hated it and it made her feel awkward" is a form of mansplaining… and weird af, c'mon guys. pic.twitter.com/CuzwDYGMa9
— Loroko (@blackflypress) July 11, 2024
Actors and musicians have been increasingly become more involved – whether willingly or unwillingly – with AI in recent times. Most recently, Scarlett Johansson opened up about her disagreement with artificial intelligence company OpenAI after they allegedly used a voice similar to hers for a new ChatGPT system.
Back in May, the actor claimed that when she heard the system’s new voice option, named ‘Sky’, she and her friends and family noticed a similarity between their voices. As a result, she complained to OpenAI, and the voice option was removed.
“We’re all waiting and supporting the passing of legislation to protect everybody’s individual rights,” she said (via Sky News). “This highlights how vulnerable everybody is to [AI] and how little protection people do have – if any – of their work in their likeness,” she added.
In other AI news, Sony Music, UMG and Warner Records have all sued two AI brands for copyright violations.
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