{"id":77615,"date":"2026-08-19T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77615"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:20:45","slug":"robin-williams-kids-revive-instagram-account-to-fight-ai-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77615","title":{"rendered":"Robin Williams Kids Revive Instagram Account to Fight AI Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Inactive since <u>Robin Williams\u2019 death in 2014<\/u>, the actor-comedian\u2019s children revived <u>his Instagram account<\/u> Monday to combat what his daughter Zelda Williams calls \u201crampant AI abuse of his voice and likeness\u201d on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cAs we recognize what would be our Dad&#8217;s 75th year, we&#8217;re grateful to see new generations discovering his work while longtime fans continue to celebrate the joy he brought into their lives,\u201d siblings Zak, Zelda and Cody Williams said in the post. \u201cAs technology evolves, we want this to be a safe, trusted place where the stories, photos, videos, and memories shared reflect his legacy with authenticity, warmth, and care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cThis is our way of sharing his unique talent and humor with the world, including the moments that made us and so many of you laugh, as we remember our Dad\u2019s extraordinary life and work. He continues to inspire us and delight people all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Robin Williams. (Photo: Peter Kramer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Zelda Williams commented further on the decision in <u>an Instagram story on her own account<\/u>. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry if anyone found Dad\u2019s old page posting again to be triggering. Believe me, I know it\u2019s a little strange,\u201d Williams posted. \u201cMaking that space into one where people can find authentic clips and photos of him is one of the best ways we\u2019ve now found to fight back against rampant AI abuse of his voice and likeness on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><u>Williams has long made her disdain for AI-generated content of her father known<\/u>, asking fans in October 2025 to \u201cstop sending me AI videos of Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cStop believing I wanna see it or that I\u2019ll understand, I don\u2019t and I won\u2019t. If you\u2019re just trying to troll me, I\u2019ve seen way worse, I\u2019ll restrict and move on,\u201d the actress-director added at the time. \u201cBut please, if you\u2019ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It\u2019s dumb, it\u2019s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it\u2019s not what he\u2019d want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Williams previously slammed <u>the \u201cdisturbing\u201d use of AI to recreate her father\u2019s voice<\/u>, bashing such recreations as, \u201cat their very best, a poor facsimile of greater people, but at their worst, a horrendous Frankensteinian monster, cobbled together from the worst bits of everything this industry is, instead of what it should stand for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Williams\u2019 revulsion at AI recreations of her dad\u2019s voice is not shared by Matthew Lawrence, who played Robin Williams\u2019 son in Mrs. Doubtfire. Lawrence said last year that <u>he would \u201clove\u201d for AI to recreate the actor\u2019s \u201ciconic\u201d voice<\/u>. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I would love \u2014 now, obviously, with the respect and with the OK from his family \u2014 but I would love to do something really special with his voice,&#8221; Lawrence told Deadline in July 2025, &#8220;because I know for a generation, that voice is just so iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/robin-williams-children-revive-instagram-ai-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inactive since Robin Williams\u2019 death in 2014, the actor-comedian\u2019s children revived his Instagram account Monday to combat what his daughter Zelda Williams calls \u201crampant AI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2072,594,1441,729,232,5923,23258,7299],"class_list":["post-77615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-abuse","tag-account","tag-fight","tag-instagram","tag-kids","tag-revive","tag-robin","tag-williams","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}