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Thursday, 7/2, 02:03 AM

Weird Al Yankovic Says He Walked Away From an AI Ad and a Nice Pile of Money

'Weird Al' Yankovic says he pulled out of a lucrative commercial shoot after learning, about a week before filming, that the product he'd be pitching was artificial-intelligence software — telling an interviewer he couldn't be 'the poster boy for AI.'

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