German public broadcaster ran fake AI-generated clip of ‘ICE troops’ arresting a

[Ptarmigan]

German public broadcaster ran fake AI-generated clip of ‘ICE troops’ arresting a migrant family
https://rmx.news/article/german-public-broadcaster-ran-fake-ai-generated-clip-of-ice-troops-arresting-a-migrant-family/

The German public broadcaster ZDF has admitted to a significant editorial oversight after its flagship news program, Heute Journal, aired AI-generated images featuring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting an immigrant family.

After uproar on social media over the fake news segment, which included a visible OpenAI’ “Sora” watermark on the screen, the broadcaster expressed regret over the error and has since updated the report to remove the synthetic content.

Critics pointed out that while it is becoming harder to differentiate fake AI content from real events, the appearance of the Sora watermark made it clear that this was AI content.

ZDF is using AI video to create ICE arrest a family. It is fake. Bunch of crooks and liars.

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Will they pull a Dan Rather and call it “fake but accurate”?

[SVPete]

When demand exceeds supply, fraudsters create fakes. This has been seen for a couple of decades with hoax hate crimes.