• Scarlett Johansson said she's a "victim of AI" after a video featuring a fake her went viral.
• The video, made by AI creators, features celebrities responding to Kanye West's remarks on X.
• The creators of the video defended their work, calling it an "artistic and cultural statement."

Scarlett Johansson pointed to her concerns about artificial intelligence usage again after an AI video featuring her and other celebrities went viral.

Johansson, who has been vocal about AI regulation in the past, addressed a video responding to Kanye West's antisemitic remarks over the weekend on X.

On Tuesday, Ori Bejerano, a self-described generative AI expert, uploaded a video of various public figures wearing a white T-shirt featuring a middle finger marked with the Star of David and "Kanye" underneath it. The clip ended with the phrase, "Enough is enough."

As the video circulated online, Johansson said, "We must call out the misuse of AI," and urged the US government to pass legislation to regulate the technology.

"I have unfortunately been a very public victim of AI, but the truth is that the threat of AI affects each and every one of us," Johansson said in a statement to Business Insider.

The faces of several public figures, many of whom identify as Jewish, appeared in the clip — including Drake, Mike Bloomberg, and Natalie Portman.

The Israeli AI entrepreneur Guy Bar and Bejerano told BI that they're the creators of the video. The celebrities featured were chosen because of their Jewish heritage and their proximity to Ye's "social and cultural environment," Bar said.

"We wanted to use their voices, so to speak, to tell Kanye West: 'Your antisemitism and incitement to violence have crossed every possible line. Enough is enough,'" Bar told BI.

Bar, speaking on behalf of himself and Bejerano, said they "deeply respect" Johansson's concerns about AI but defended their work.

"The video in question was not created for commercial purposes but rather as an artistic and cultural statement aimed at confronting rising antisemitism," Bar said.

BI reached out to representatives for each public figure whose likeness was included in the clip; most did not reply. A spokesperson for David Schwimmer said the actor had no comment at this time.

West, whose legal name is Ye, appeared in an ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday promoting his website Yeezy.com. After the commercial aired, the online store had a T-shirt featuring a swastika as the only product for sale.

The move followed a string of antisemitic X posts Ye put up on Friday and Saturday. The rapper praised Adolf Hitler and described himself as a Nazi. Shopify, which powered the web store, confirmed Tuesday that it shut down the site.

Johansson's previous AI legal battles

Last year, Johansson called out ChatGPT's maker, OpenAI, saying its "Sky" voice assistant sounded "eerily similar" to her own. She said she declined OpenAI's request to voice its virtual assistant before the company announced the technology.

OpenAI denied that the actor who voiced the assistant was hired to imitate Johansson but eventually "paused" Sky to address the issue. As comparisons mounted, Johansson called for legislation to protect "individual rights" regarding AI and deepfakes.

Gen AI has been a point of contention between Silicon Valley and the general public. Companies are ramping up their AI investments, while the US government is taking a more relaxed approach to regulation compared with some other countries.

"We believe that excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry," Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday at the Paris AI summit.

Read Johansson's full statement on Bar and Bejerano's video:

It has been brought to my attention by family members and friends that an AI-generated video featuring my likeness, in response to an antisemitic view, has been circulating online and gaining traction. I am a Jewish woman who has no tolerance for antisemitism or hate speech of any kind. But I also firmly believe that the potential for hate speech multiplied by AI is a far greater threat than any one person who takes accountability for it. We must call out the misuse of AI, no matter its messaging, or we risk losing a hold on reality.

I have unfortunately been a very public victim of AI, but the truth is that the threat of AI affects each and every one of us.

There is a 1000-foot wave coming regarding AI that several progressive countries, not including the United States, have responded to in a responsible manner. It is terrifying that the US government is paralyzed when it comes to passing legislation that protects all of its citizens against the imminent dangers of AI.

I urge the US government to make the passing of legislation limiting AI use a top priority; it is a bipartisan issue that enormously affects the immediate future of humanity at large.

• "Jurassic World Rebirth" hits theaters on July 2, 2025.
• The upcoming sequel has a new cast that includes Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, and Scarlett Johansson.
• Here's what to know about the latest sequel of the billion-dollar franchise.

"Jurassic World," a $5.5 billion franchise, is returning to its dinosaur park origins with a brand new star-studded cast.

When it was released in 1993, "Jurassic Park" became a pop culture classic, making $978 million, but its sequels weren't critical or commercial successes.

Over the last decade, Universal successfully revitalized the "Jurassic Park" franchise with a new trilogy, grossing over $1 billion with each "Jurassic World" film.

In August 2024, Universal announced that a new sequel, "Jurassic World Rebirth," would premiere in theaters on July 2, 2025.

A trailer released on Wednesday teases that the film will focus on a squad infiltrating the island that once held the original facility from the first "Jurassic Park" film.

Rob Mitchell, the director of theatrical insights at film industry research firm Gower Street Analytics, told Business Insider in August 2024 that "Jurassic World Rebirth" will likely make over $1 billion like its predecessors.

Mitchell said the franchise is popular enough to survive potential negative reviews, as the last movie, "Jurassic World: Dominion" made over $1 billion with a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 29%.

Mitchell also highlighted the casting of Mahershala Ali and Scarlett Johansson, whom he said were the biggest stars the franchise has ever hired.

"I think the fact that it has these big star names, like Scarlet, and really well-respected names, like Mahershala Ali, will make people go, 'Well, there must be something interesting in this that they can get these guys to do this movie,'" Mitchell said.

Here's what we know about the sequel, including the new cast and the synopsis.

"Jurassic World Rebirth" is set five years after the last film.

After the events of "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" and "Dominion," cloned dinosaurs coexist with humans on Earth after they are released from an amusement park.

In "Jurassic World Rebirth," — set five years after "Dominion" — dinosaurs live in isolated areas around the world because "the planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable" to them.

A team of scientists and operation experts discovers that three of the largest dinosaurs hold the key to a drug that could help humankind and go on a trip to secure DNA samples from each creature.

But when the operation collides with a civilian boating expedition, they all find themselves stranded on an island with "a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades."

Mahershala Ali, Scarlett Johansson, and Jonathan Bailey play the lead roles.

Oscar-winner and Marvel star Johansson plays the main character, Zora Bennett, a covert operations expert who leads the team trying to find the dinosaurs.

Oscar-winner Ali plays Zora's team leader, Duncan Kincaid, and Jonathan Bailey stars as a paleontologist, a scientist who studies fossils, called Dr. Henry Loomis.

Rupert Friend plays Martin Krebs, a Big Pharma representative. Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein, whose character names have yet to be revealed, round out the team.

"The Lincoln Lawyer" star Manuel Garcia-Rulfo plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the family who collides with Zora's team. Luna Blaise, David Iascono, and Audrina Miranda play the rest of Reuben's family.

It's unclear if the original "Jurassic Park" actors will return for the sequel, but almost all major characters are still alive at the end of "Dominion," so they could still return.

"Jurassic Park" screenwriter David Koepp will pen the script, while Gareth Edwards, the director of 2014's "Godzilla," will direct the new sequel.

The "Jurassic World" cast is unlikely to appear in the new sequel.

The last three "Jurassic World" films established a new cast led by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, but there have been no reports that they are returning.

Pratt told the Today Show in May 2022 that "Dominion" felt like a finale to the franchise.

Chris Pratt is live with us on the plaza! 🦖 pic.twitter.com/DkitwygiuP

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 5, 2022

"This is the sixth Jurassic film, and it's the end of this franchise," Pratt said. "I really do think it's the end. You've got the legacy cast back, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum, plus the cast of Jurassic World all converged, our storylines converging in a way that is very much a finale."

But Howard told People in August 2022 that she was excited to see the franchise continue, though she believed the next film would have a "largely different cast."