Ars Technica
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Oct 14 at 8:00pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadAprettyture! [0172]Oct 14
@arstechnica that used CRT display plus a DVD player from a school getting rid of them lookin more worthwhile every day

-carrie
Show threadLucyOct 14
@arstechnica Happy to announce that neither my torrents, usenet nor normal pirating sites have unblockeable ads. And are free.
Show threadoverstrikeOct 14
@arstechnica not without paying me an appearance fee they won't
Show threadMikeOct 14
@arstechnica That's not creepy shit or anything.
Show threadHelen LHOct 14
@arstechnica I'm assuming this is in the USA cause no way is that legal in the EU. Thanks for the dystopian nightmare fuel.
Show threadpower 2 the ppl of M-P-L-S!Oct 14
“This, we can integrate across different places within the television,” Glance COO Mansi Jain told The Verge. "We are starting with the screensaver, but tomorrow… we can integrate it in the launcher of the TV."
Show threadDio9sysOct 14
@arstechnica what in the blade runner
Show threadWesDymOct 14

@arstechnica Some portion of subscribers: ::swoon:: "Oh, that's ME!!"

Some other portion: "AW HELL NO!!" ::smash::