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Apple Apologizes For IPad 'Crush' Ad After Backlash

Apple said it won't air the iPad 'Crush' ad on television as planned (Credit: AFP)

Apple apologized on Thursday after an ad for its latest-edition iPad caused an uproar for showing an industrial press crushing objects linked to human creativity, infuriating artists.

Social media users immediately criticized the ad, which was posted on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook, as painfully tone-deaf at a time when the creative community is worried about its future with the emergence of generative AI.

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