Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
2 sources·Updated July 23, 2026

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- Wired·6h agoMeta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”
Read at Wired → - TechCrunch·9h agoMeta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.
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