Zelda Williams is again urging people to stop creating and circulating AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, after being shown a purportedly “private” clip in which the actor appeared to discuss conspiracies.
In a statement posted to X on Monday, Sept. 21, the “Lisa Frankenstein” director rejected the video as an unconvincing artificial recreation of her father.
“That supposedly ‘private video’ of dad that I’ve been shown talking about conspiracies is clearly AI, and not even particularly convincing AI,” Zelda wrote. “Anyone who claims to be a fan who believes it clearly listened to his movies on mute because that voice is robotic and terrible.”
Her criticism extended beyond the quality of the recreated voice to the decision to use Robin’s image and identity to support an argument.
“That said, a human made a robot create it, and to you I say: leave him out of your delusional bullshit and let him rest,” she continued. “If you cannot make your case without making a dead man make it more convincing for you, then tell me: who’s the one manipulating the public thru media now?”
Zelda also expressed frustration with X and with users who accept or amplify content created by bots.
“I hate this cesspool of an app,” she wrote. “It’s mostly bots and people willingly being duped by bots at this point so not sure why I feel the need to come back to clarify, but I love him, so I will. Just because he’s gone does not mean he’s now your puppet. Have some shame.”
A repeated plea over Robin Williams AI videos
The statement follows earlier appeals from Zelda concerning artificial recreations of her father. In October 2025, she asked Instagram users to stop sending her AI-generated videos featuring Robin.
“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” she wrote at the time. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t.”
She said she would restrict and move on from anyone attempting to troll her, but also appealed directly to those sharing the material.
“But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop,” Zelda wrote. “It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.”
Her latest remarks arrive nearly a year after that request. AI recreations of Robin’s voice and likeness have continued to be created and shared in recent years, making the actor a frequent subject of augmented videos.
The Williams family’s response
Zelda’s objections are also part of a broader effort involving her siblings. Last month, she revived Robin’s Instagram account alongside Zak and Cody in an attempt to “fight back against rampant AI abuse of his voice and likeness on here.”
The move put the family’s concerns directly on an account associated with the late performer, whose films included “Jumanji,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Dead Poets Society,” “Hook” and “Mrs. Doubtfire.” Robin died in 2014 at age 63.
Zelda’s new statement makes clear that her concerns are not limited to receiving AI videos personally. She also objects to people presenting artificial footage as authentic and using her father’s likeness to promote claims after his death.
While the circulating conspiracy clip was described as supposedly private, Zelda said its robotic voice made its artificial origins apparent. Her message to both its creator and those accepting it as real was unequivocal: Robin should not be turned into a digital spokesman for arguments he never made.