TV screensavers use your likeness

DirecTV will let an ad partner generate AI versions of you, your family, and even pets inside a personalized screensaver, then place shoppable items in that scene. This moves television from passive viewing to interactive commerce using your image by default. — Normalizing AI use of personal likeness for in‑home advertising challenges privacy norms and may force new rules on biometric consent and advertising to children.

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The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV

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The Wired/Slashdot piece shows mainstream vendors making TVs that function as curated, framed art with AI recommendations — a step toward treating living‑room displays as persistent, curated surfaces. That links to existing concerns about televisions becoming active cultural/commercial canvases (personalized content, recommendation engines, platform control of domestic visual space).

DirecTV Will Soon Bring AI Ads To Your Screensaver

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DirecTV–Glance plan to roll out the experience on DirecTV Gemini devices next year, with Glance’s VP describing a 'lean‑in' AI TV experience.