Robin Williams' kids revive his Instagram to fight 'rampant AI abuse' of his legacy

And now on to some updates from the world of entertainment and a time when several actors have taken the legal route against the AI misuse of their personality traits. Late legendary star Robin Williams kids have decided to do something else. 12 years after his death Robin Williams kids have revived his Instagram account to preserve his legacy and push back against the growing misuse of artificial intelligence. Williams three children Sarg, Zelda and Cody shared a post on his social media account to mark their father's 75th birth anniversary on Monday. They said that the decision to reactivate the account was driven over the use of technology to recreate their father's likeness and work as well. The siblings further added that the account would allow them to share their father's unique talent and humor and other moments that made the audiences around the world laugh. The revival of the account also prompted some reaction online with Zelda addressing concerns on her Instagram stories. For those who found Williams old page posting again to be triggering Zelda assured fans that one of the reasons was to counter AI generated material featuring her This isn't the first time that Zelda has called out AI recreations of her father. In October 2025 she had asked people on Instagram to stop sending her AI generated videos featuring Williams who died by suicide at the age of 63.