Tom Hanks claims that he isn't actually offering dental insurance.

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Tom Hanks advises against visiting the dentist, so pay attention.

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if he does, he's not interested in dictating how you should pay for it.

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That's the key lesson we should all take up from Hanks' most recent Instagram post

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in which he criticized an advertisement that is now trending

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used an AI copy of him to promote dental insurance.

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A video pushing some dentistry plan features an AI version of me, so BEWARE!

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he warns. I'm not involved in it at all.

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they're using it to... promote dental insurance

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